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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.

Comparing99503Anchorage, AK80229Thornton, CO
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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
Anchorage99503 · AK
Thornton80229 · CO
ZipVitals Score48.2650.24 Leads
National rank#18,605of 32,066 US ZIPs#15,910of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#58of 211 AK ZIPs#359of 502 CO ZIPs
Metro rank#19of 27 ZIPs in its metro area#121of 127 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 — 99503: Anchorage, AK · 80229: Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO.

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 8 domains
Healthcare Access5% of the score 80229 leads · 30-point gap
80229Thorntonin the top 0.00% · 100% in Colorado, 100% in its metro area1 of 2
99503Anchoragehealthier than 70% · no comparison group in Alaska, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 80229 leads · 20-point gap
80229Thorntonhealthier than 55% · 9% in Colorado, 8% in its metro area1 of 2
99503Anchoragehealthier than 35% · no comparison group in Alaska, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 80229 leads · 13-point gap
80229Thorntonhealthier than 90% · 68% in Colorado, 50% in its metro area1 of 2
99503Anchoragehealthier than 77% · no comparison group in Alaska, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 80229 leads · 6-point gap
80229Thorntonhealthier than 57% · 30% in Colorado, 10% in its metro area1 of 2
99503Anchoragehealthier than 51% · no comparison group in Alaska, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 80229 leads · 3-point gap
80229Thorntonhealthier than 79% · 60% in Colorado, 32% in its metro area1 of 2
99503Anchoragehealthier than 76% · no comparison group in Alaska, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 99503 leads · 3-point gap
99503Anchoragehealthier than 5% · no comparison group in Alaska, no metro comparison group1 of 2
80229Thorntonhealthier than 2% · 2% in Colorado, 3% in its metro area2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 99503 leads · 3-point gap
99503Anchoragehealthier than 5% · no comparison group in Alaska, no metro comparison group1 of 2
80229Thorntonhealthier than 2% · 3% in Colorado, 5% in its metro area2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 99503 leads · 2-point gap
99503Anchoragehealthier than 54% · no comparison group in Alaska, no metro comparison group1 of 2
80229Thorntonhealthier than 52% · 38% in Colorado, 23% in its metro area2 of 2

Not every ZIP can be placed here

no leader and no gap — ordered by weight instead
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoreno leader — 99503 cannot be placed here
80229Thorntonhealthier than 53% · 10% in Colorado, 4% in its metro area1 of 1
99503Anchoragenot measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated

“Of the score” is the domain’s weight in the ZipVitals Score — a property of the score itself, the same on every ZIP. Where a ZIP has no measurement for a domain, that domain drops out of its score and the remaining weights scale up, so its own mix differs slightly from the weights shown here; each ZIP’s own page carries its exact shares. 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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Thornton vs. Anchorage

Thornton 80229 · COLEADS50.24
Anchorage 99503 · AK48.26

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

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