How the Abilene, TX metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Abilene, TX metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202624 of 24 ZIP codes scored · 0.18M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Abilene, TX metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 24 of 24- 6,22679508in Buffalo Gap · 1,078 residents58.21
- 7,39879606in Abilene · 29,182 residents56.87
- 7,97879562in Tuscola · 5,070 residents56.30
- 9,91879699in Abilene · 113 residents54.63
- 11,43379607in Dyess Afb · 3,315 residents53.46
- 14,34979602in Abilene · 27,425 residents51.35
- 18,54279560in Sylvester · 37 residents48.31
- 18,68779605in Abilene · 28,467 residents48.20
- 18,81879510in Clyde · 8,369 residents48.09
- 18,88979541in Ovalo · 1,550 residents48.03
- 19,49679566in Wingate · 230 residents47.55
- 19,88479525in Hawley · 3,121 residents47.22
- 20,49979530in Lawn · 392 residents46.71
- 21,78279601in Abilene · 28,050 residents45.60
- 22,49479536in Merkel · 5,047 residents44.92
- 22,50876443in Cross Plains · 1,999 residents44.91
- 22,54279504in Baird · 2,969 residents44.87
- 23,23676469in Putnam · 9 residents44.19
- 23,35779501in Anson · 3,630 residents44.06
- 24,06679563in Tye · 964 residents43.35
- 24,52079520in Hamlin · 2,319 residents42.84
- 25,87779603in Abilene · 23,548 residents41.20
- 30,26679503in Avoca · 202 residents32.20
- 30,62879553in Stamford · 3,089 residents30.63
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 24 of 24- 30,62879553in Stamford · 3,089 residents30.63
- 30,26679503in Avoca · 202 residents32.20
- 25,87779603in Abilene · 23,548 residents41.20
- 24,52079520in Hamlin · 2,319 residents42.84
- 24,06679563in Tye · 964 residents43.35
- 23,35779501in Anson · 3,630 residents44.06
- 23,23676469in Putnam · 9 residents44.19
- 22,54279504in Baird · 2,969 residents44.87
- 22,50876443in Cross Plains · 1,999 residents44.91
- 22,49479536in Merkel · 5,047 residents44.92
- 21,78279601in Abilene · 28,050 residents45.60
- 20,49979530in Lawn · 392 residents46.71
- 19,88479525in Hawley · 3,121 residents47.22
- 19,49679566in Wingate · 230 residents47.55
- 18,88979541in Ovalo · 1,550 residents48.03
- 18,81879510in Clyde · 8,369 residents48.09
- 18,68779605in Abilene · 28,467 residents48.20
- 18,54279560in Sylvester · 37 residents48.31
- 14,34979602in Abilene · 27,425 residents51.35
- 11,43379607in Dyess Afb · 3,315 residents53.46
- 9,91879699in Abilene · 113 residents54.63
- 7,97879562in Tuscola · 5,070 residents56.30
- 7,39879606in Abilene · 29,182 residents56.87
- 6,22679508in Buffalo Gap · 1,078 residents58.21
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Abilene, TX metro. Nine domains make it up, and they are not spread the same way across the people who live here. Each row divides this metro's ZIP codes into fifths by how they stand against each other on that domain, then counts who lives at each end. If a domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents, every row would read about 20%.
The highest-standing fifth
5 of 24 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 79606 Abilene79607 Dyess Afb79699 Abilene
3 ZIP codes tie at this end: 79508 Buffalo Gap79560 Sylvester79566 Wingate
3 ZIP codes tie at this end: 79508 Buffalo Gap79560 Sylvester79566 Wingate
3 ZIP codes tie at this end: 79508 Buffalo Gap79560 Sylvester79566 Wingate
Each fifth is about 5 of this metro’s 24 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 180,175 residents. A ZIP code is compared here only if it carries a resident count to weight it by and enough measured data on that domain — the rest are left out of that domain’s fifths rather than filled in from a coarser geography, which is why this count can sit just below the metro’s scored total.
The mark shows 20% — where a row would sit if that domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents.
Each ZIP code is compared with the other ZIP codes in this metro that are measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.
Why this matters
The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The Abilene, TX figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.
A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.