How the Birmingham, AL metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Birmingham, AL metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 2026116 of 116 ZIP codes scored · 1.2M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Birmingham, AL metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 50 of 116- 41935223in Mountain Brook · 10,666 residents70.98
- 72435213in Mountain Brook · 15,603 residents69.22
- 1,38535243in Vestavia Hills · 18,176 residents66.66
- 1,73035226in Hoover · 38,588 residents65.72
- 1,86635242in Hoover · 57,374 residents65.35
- 2,59935244in Hoover · 38,217 residents63.74
- 3,63635080in Helena · 20,251 residents61.80
- 4,37935209in Homewood · 32,734 residents60.63
- 4,56035173in Trussville · 31,603 residents60.38
- 4,61235124in Pelham · 25,238 residents60.33
- 4,74135043in Chelsea · 15,837 residents60.17
- 5,04435229in Homewood · 2,792 residents59.74
- 5,54535233in Birmingham · 3,570 residents59.07
- 5,54835210in Irondale · 13,775 residents59.07
- 5,72535216in Vestavia Hills · 34,327 residents58.83
- 5,98835222in Birmingham · 8,361 residents58.51
- 6,01035007in Alabaster · 28,586 residents58.47
- 6,08535205in Birmingham · 18,858 residents58.38
- 7,08035114in Maylene · 7,922 residents57.20
- 8,12535091in Kimberly · 3,802 residents56.14
- 8,23235022in Bessemer · 23,126 residents56.04
- 8,99735071in Gardendale · 17,288 residents55.38
- 9,05135116in Morris · 5,227 residents55.34
- 9,09735147in Sterrett · 6,897 residents55.30
- 9,69935112in Margaret · 120 residents54.80
- 11,28235068in Fultondale · 8,378 residents53.56
- 11,32235117in Mount Olive · 5,606 residents53.53
- 11,51235111in Mc Calla · 20,342 residents53.39
- 11,99135040in Calera · 19,304 residents53.06
- 13,59935146in Springville · 13,973 residents51.89
- 14,01735186in Wilsonville · 5,191 residents51.58
- 14,05835051in Columbiana · 9,818 residents51.54
- 14,18335094in Leeds · 14,854 residents51.46
- 14,34235254in Birmingham · 1,749 residents51.36
- 14,87735118in Sylvan Springs · 2,960 residents50.98
- 14,92235127in Pleasant Grove · 9,442 residents50.95
- 15,03735004in Moody · 12,155 residents50.88
- 15,65235171in Thorsby · 3,595 residents50.43
- 16,49635143in Shelby · 3,146 residents49.82
- 17,20335126in Pinson · 22,599 residents49.32
- 17,50935120in Odenville · 17,730 residents49.11
- 17,73935006in North Johns · 3,894 residents48.95
- 17,76535235in Birmingham · 20,526 residents48.93
- 17,84235180in Warrior · 12,973 residents48.86
- 19,00635031in Blountsville · 7,973 residents47.93
- 19,40835054in Cropwell · 4,593 residents47.63
- 19,41735062in Dora · 8,864 residents47.63
- 19,80535060in Docena · 158 residents47.29
- 19,87335128in Pell City · 10,546 residents47.24
- 19,89435036in Brookside · 208 residents47.22
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 50 of 116- 31,72235234in Birmingham · 3,879 residents22.32
- 31,36835207in Birmingham · 7,709 residents25.92
- 30,89235218in Birmingham · 6,981 residents29.38
- 30,84935020in Bessemer · 24,892 residents29.57
- 30,57835034in Brent · 5,368 residents30.85
- 30,40935204in Birmingham · 8,953 residents31.58
- 30,24935212in Birmingham · 10,160 residents32.24
- 30,15535221in Birmingham · 3,119 residents32.56
- 29,95635550in Cordova · 4,806 residents33.30
- 29,78535217in Tarrant · 12,240 residents33.86
- 29,67535211in Birmingham · 24,924 residents34.17
- 29,00735206in Birmingham · 15,621 residents35.98
- 28,92135224in Birmingham · 4,739 residents36.17
- 28,85335063in Empire · 3,606 residents36.30
- 28,74935208in Birmingham · 13,412 residents36.52
- 28,48035580in Parrish · 3,789 residents37.09
- 28,39135074in Green Pond · 0 residents37.29
- 28,10035549in Carbon Hill · 3,355 residents37.85
- 27,97935584in Sipsey · 285 residents38.05
- 27,70435131in Ragland · 3,363 residents38.52
- 27,57435064in Fairfield · 9,872 residents38.73
- 27,24235184in West Blocton · 5,821 residents39.25
- 27,22535579in Oakman · 2,916 residents39.27
- 26,89935130in Quinton · 3,202 residents39.78
- 26,87935228in Midfield · 10,216 residents39.81
- 26,68135178in Vincent · 3,078 residents40.12
- 26,68035215in Birmingham · 43,903 residents40.12
- 26,17135203in Birmingham · 3,506 residents40.83
- 25,81135188in Woodstock · 2,678 residents41.30
- 25,52535052in Cook Springs · 191 residents41.65
- 25,46535061in Dolomite · 1,554 residents41.71
- 25,42436790in Stanton · 261 residents41.77
- 25,34335013in Allgood · 141 residents41.85
- 25,18935148in Sumiton · 2,241 residents42.03
- 25,16435042in Centreville · 5,924 residents42.06
- 25,03235097in Locust Fork · 1,859 residents42.21
- 25,02636091in Verbena · 3,290 residents42.22
- 24,97135135in Riverside · 1,718 residents42.31
- 24,83435578in Nauvoo · 5,582 residents42.49
- 24,79235119in New Castle · 0 residents42.53
- 24,73235953in Ashville · 7,083 residents42.60
- 24,67635133in Remlap · 3,150 residents42.66
- 24,14136750in Maplesville · 3,161 residents43.27
- 24,12335501in Jasper · 9,927 residents43.29
- 24,07035172in Trafford · 2,703 residents43.34
- 23,91435176in Vandiver · 704 residents43.49
- 23,07535125in Pell City · 11,279 residents44.34
- 22,86936793in Lawley · 660 residents44.54
- 22,81835073in Graysville · 3,031 residents44.60
- 22,61335023in Hueytown · 25,533 residents44.80
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Birmingham, AL 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
23 of 114 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
Standing highest: 35052 Cook Springs35213 Mountain Brook35223 Mountain Brook
Standing highest: 35213 Mountain Brook35223 Mountain Brook35243 Vestavia Hills
Standing highest: 35229 Homewood35233 Birmingham35254 Birmingham
Standing highest: 35213 Mountain Brook35223 Mountain Brook35243 Vestavia Hills
5 ZIP codes tie at this end: 35007 Alabaster35022 Bessemer35042 Centreville35045 Clanton35211 Birmingham
Standing highest: 35052 Cook Springs35213 Mountain Brook35223 Mountain Brook
Standing highest: 35013 Allgood35203 Birmingham35233 Birmingham
Each fifth is about 23 of this metro’s 114 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 1,189,802 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 Birmingham, AL 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.