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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.

Comparing98617Dallesport, WA97532Merlin, OR2–5 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	Dallesport98617 · WA	Merlin97532 · OR
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	48.52 Leads	48.27
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#18,286of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#18,581of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#438of 581 WA ZIPs	#217of 407 OR ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	Not in a metro area	#1of 10 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	Dallesport98617 · WA	Merlin97532 · OR
ZipVitals Score	48.52 Leads	48.27
National rank	#18,286of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#18,581of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#438of 581 WA ZIPs	#217of 407 OR ZIPs
Metro rank	Not in a metro area	#1of 10 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 — 98617: not in a metro area · 97532: Grants Pass, OR.

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.

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Healthcare Access5% of the score 98617 leads · 24-point gap
98617Dallesport		healthier than 75% · 61% in Washington	1 of 2
97532Merlin		healthier than 51% · 53% in Oregon, 75% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 97532 leads · 17-point gap
97532Merlin		healthier than 79% · 37% in Oregon, 38% in its metro area	1 of 2
98617Dallesport		healthier than 62% · 24% in Washington	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 98617 leads · 16-point gap
98617Dallesport		healthier than 35% · 14% in Washington	1 of 2
97532Merlin		healthier than 19% · 26% in Oregon, 75% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 97532 leads · 15-point gap
97532Merlin		healthier than 64% · 34% in Oregon, 75% in its metro area	1 of 2
98617Dallesport		healthier than 49% · 13% in Washington	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 97532 leads · 15-point gap
97532Merlin		healthier than 40% · 59% in Oregon, 88% in its metro area	1 of 2
98617Dallesport		healthier than 25% · 43% in Washington	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 97532 leads · 8-point gap
97532Merlin		healthier than 36% · 55% in Oregon, 75% in its metro area	1 of 2
98617Dallesport		healthier than 28% · 29% in Washington	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 97532 leads · 4-point gap
97532Merlin		healthier than 86% · 60% in Oregon, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
98617Dallesport		healthier than 82% · 44% in Washington	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 98617 leads · 2-point gap
98617Dallesport		healthier than 33% · 14% in Washington	1 of 2
97532Merlin		healthier than 31% · 30% in Oregon, 100% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 98617 leads · 1-point gap
98617Dallesport		healthier than 38% · 54% in Washington	1 of 2
97532Merlin		healthier than 37% · 83% in Oregon, 100% in its metro area	2 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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Dallesport vs. Merlin

Dallesport 98617 · WALEADS48.52

Merlin 97532 · OR48.27

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

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