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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.

Comparing98828Malaga, WA98274Mount Vernon, WA2–5 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	Malaga98828 · WA	Mount Vernon98274 · WA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	56.42	57.20 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#7,846of 32,066 US ZIPs	#7,076of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#191of 581 WA ZIPs	#174of 581 WA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#10of 22 ZIPs in its metro area	#4of 13 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	Malaga98828 · WA	Mount Vernon98274 · WA
ZipVitals Score	56.42	57.20 Leads
National rank	#7,846of 32,066 US ZIPs	#7,076of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#191of 581 WA ZIPs	#174of 581 WA ZIPs
Metro rank	#10of 22 ZIPs in its metro area	#4of 13 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 — 98828: Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA · 98274: Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA.

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

all 2 ZIPs can be placed on these 9 domains

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 98274 leads · 49-point gap
98274Mount Vernon		healthier than 88% · 77% in Washington, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
98828Malaga		healthier than 39% · 40% in Washington, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 98274 leads · 37-point gap
98274Mount Vernon		healthier than 94% · 92% in Washington, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
98828Malaga		healthier than 57% · 44% in Washington, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 98828 leads · 6-point gap
98828Malaga		healthier than 69% · 46% in Washington, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
98274Mount Vernon		healthier than 63% · 36% in Washington, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 98828 leads · 6-point gap
98828Malaga		healthier than 62% · 40% in Washington, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
98274Mount Vernon		healthier than 56% · 31% in Washington, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 98274 leads · 5-point gap
98274Mount Vernon		healthier than 29% · 51% in Washington, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
98828Malaga		healthier than 24% · 42% in Washington, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 98274 leads · 3-point gap
98274Mount VernonPartial		in the top 0.00% · 100% in Washington, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
98828MalagaPartial		healthier than 97% · 83% in Washington, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 98828 leads · 2-point gap
98828Malaga		healthier than 92% · 69% in Washington, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
98274Mount Vernon		healthier than 90% · 65% in Washington, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 98274 leads · 2-point gap
98274Mount Vernon		healthier than 43% · 65% in Washington, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
98828Malaga		healthier than 41% · 62% in Washington, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the scoretied — no single leader
98828Malaga		healthier than 86% · 65% in Washington, no metro comparison group	=1 of 2
98274Mount Vernon		healthier than 86% · 65% in Washington, no metro comparison group	=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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Mount Vernon vs. Malaga

Mount Vernon 98274 · WALEADS57.20

Malaga 98828 · WA56.42

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

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