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Line up 2–5 ZIP codes and read the ZipVitals Score, both ranks, and every scoring domain against the same national scale. Descriptive of documented conditions — never a verdict on the people who live there.

Comparing90501Torrance, CA90042Los Angeles, CA2–5 ZIPs · 2 selected

ZipVitals Score and its national and state ranks, compared across 2 ZIP codes. Higher is healthier. The nine scoring domains follow, one table each.
Metric	Torrance90501 · CA	Los Angeles90042 · CA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	58.28 Leads	57.24
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#6,170of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#7,030of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#600of 1,719 CA ZIPs	#658of 1,719 CA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#183of 371 ZIPs in its metro area	#202of 371 ZIPs in its metro area

ZipVitals Score and its national and state ranks, compared across 2 ZIP codes. Higher is healthier. The nine scoring domains follow, one table each.
Metric	Torrance90501 · CA	Los Angeles90042 · CA
ZipVitals Score	58.28 Leads	57.24
National rank	#6,170of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#7,030of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#600of 1,719 CA ZIPs	#658of 1,719 CA ZIPs
Metro rank	#183of 371 ZIPs in its metro area	#202of 371 ZIPs in its metro area

ZipVitals Score — Composite of 9 scoring domainsNational rank, State rank and Metro rank — Among ZIPs with a computed score

Metro areas — 90501: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · 90042: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.

Where these ZIPs differ, domain by domain

Nine domains make up the ZipVitals Score. Each one is placed on the same national scale, and the domains where these ZIPs are furthest apart come first. Higher is healthier in every one.

Compared with the ZIP codes measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. How the score works, and who it compares you with ›

Every ranking, bar and gap below is measured against the same national group. Where a ZIP’s line also mentions its state or its metro area, that figure is measured against a different group — its own — so it is context for that one ZIP and never a comparison between them.

Furthest apart first

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Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 90501 leads · 20-point gap
90501Torrance		healthier than 97% · 95% in California, 97% in its metro area	1 of 2
90042Los Angeles		healthier than 77% · 57% in California, 34% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 90501 leads · 8-point gap
90501Torrance		healthier than 86% · 86% in California, 76% in its metro area	1 of 2
90042Los Angeles		healthier than 78% · 76% in California, 55% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 90501 leads · 5-point gap
90501Torrance		healthier than 14% · 36% in California, 44% in its metro area	1 of 2
90042Los Angeles		healthier than 9% · 27% in California, 34% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 90501 leads · 5-point gap
90501Torrance		healthier than 75% · 53% in California, 50% in its metro area	1 of 2
90042Los Angeles		healthier than 70% · 46% in California, 41% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 90501 leads · 4-point gap
90501Torrance		healthier than 47% · 47% in California, 42% in its metro area	1 of 2
90042Los Angeles		healthier than 43% · 45% in California, 39% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 90042 leads · 2-point gap
90042Los Angeles		healthier than 5% · 22% in California, 50% in its metro area	1 of 2
90501Torrance		healthier than 3% · 16% in California, 42% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 90042 leads · 1-point gap
90042Los Angeles		healthier than 96% · 90% in California, 86% in its metro area	1 of 2
90501Torrance		healthier than 95% · 84% in California, 72% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the scoretied — no single leader
90501Torrance		healthier than 68% · 63% in California, 50% in its metro area	=1 of 2
90042Los Angeles		healthier than 68% · 63% in California, 49% in its metro area	=1 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the scoretied — no single leader
90501Torrance		healthier than 91% · 81% in California, 69% in its metro area	=1 of 2
90042Los Angeles		healthier than 91% · 81% in California, 69% in its metro area	=1 of 2

“Of the score” is the domain’s weight in the ZipVitals Score — a property of the score itself, the same on every ZIP. A gap is the distance between the highest and lowest of these ZIPs on that domain’s national scale. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.

Data release 2026 · higher is healthier on every row. How the ZipVitals Score is calculated →

The State rank and Metro rank rows show no “Leads” marker: each ZIP is ranked against the ZIPs in its own state and the ZIPs in its own metro area, so those ranks are not ordered against one another.

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Torrance vs. Los Angeles

Torrance 90501 · CALEADS58.28

Los Angeles 90042 · CA57.24

Data release 2026 · public federal and academic sources · higher is healthier

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