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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.

Comparing97457Myrtle Creek, OR28708Balsam Grove, NC2–5 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	Myrtle Creek97457 · OR	Balsam Grove28708 · NC
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	41.84	45.67 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#25,352of 32,066 US ZIPs	#21,685of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#342of 407 OR ZIPs	#556of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	Not in a metro area	Not in a 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	Myrtle Creek97457 · OR	Balsam Grove28708 · NC
ZipVitals Score	41.84	45.67 Leads
National rank	#25,352of 32,066 US ZIPs	#21,685of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#342of 407 OR ZIPs	#556of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rank	Not in a metro area	Not in a metro area

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

Metro areas — 97457: not in a metro area · 28708: not in a metro area.

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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Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 28708 leads · 16-point gap
28708Balsam Grove		healthier than 26% · 38% in North Carolina	1 of 2
97457Myrtle Creek		healthier than 10% · 15% in Oregon	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 28708 leads · 16-point gap
28708Balsam Grove		healthier than 54% · 37% in North Carolina	1 of 2
97457Myrtle Creek		healthier than 38% · 57% in Oregon	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 97457 leads · 7-point gap
97457Myrtle Creek		healthier than 58% · 27% in Oregon	1 of 2
28708Balsam Grove		healthier than 51% · 47% in North Carolina	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 28708 leads · 7-point gap
28708Balsam Grove		healthier than 24% · 33% in North Carolina	1 of 2
97457Myrtle Creek		healthier than 17% · 11% in Oregon	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 97457 leads · 7-point gap
97457Myrtle Creek		healthier than 52% · 54% in Oregon	1 of 2
28708Balsam Grove		healthier than 45% · 32% in North Carolina	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 28708 leads · 6-point gap
28708Balsam Grove		healthier than 38% · 17% in North Carolina	1 of 2
97457Myrtle Creek		healthier than 32% · 43% in Oregon	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 97457 leads · 5-point gap
97457Myrtle Creek		healthier than 60% · 9% in Oregon	1 of 2
28708Balsam Grove		healthier than 55% · 35% in North Carolina	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 28708 leads · 3-point gap
28708Balsam Grove		healthier than 14% · 7% in North Carolina	1 of 2
97457Myrtle Creek		healthier than 11% · 22% in Oregon	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoretied — no single leader
97457Myrtle Creek		healthier than 84% · 48% in Oregon	=1 of 2
28708Balsam Grove		healthier than 84% · 96% in North Carolina	=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. Not every ZIP sits in a metro area — those show a state figure only. 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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Balsam Grove vs. Myrtle Creek

Balsam Grove 28708 · NCLEADS45.67

Myrtle Creek 97457 · OR41.84

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

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