How the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 2026281 of 282 ZIP codes scored · 4.9M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 50 of 281- 2702468in Waban · 5,773 residents75.48
- 5302420in Lexington · 16,215 residents74.72
- 8802421in Lexington · 18,080 residents74.06
- 13002030in Dover · 5,930 residents73.51
- 13702459in Newton Center · 18,449 residents73.41
- 13902481in Wellesley Hills · 17,415 residents73.39
- 16302461in Newton Highlands · 6,975 residents73.14
- 18501776in Sudbury · 19,270 residents72.83
- 20501741in Carlisle · 5,239 residents72.69
- 22502492in Needham · 21,424 residents72.42
- 22601944in Manchester · 5,403 residents72.41
- 24902478in Belmont · 27,175 residents72.21
- 25102445in Brookline · 22,560 residents72.20
- 26302210in Boston · 6,971 residents72.12
- 26801770in Sherborn · 4,427 residents72.06
- 27302494in Needham Heights · 11,035 residents72.04
- 32101778in Wayland · 14,033 residents71.68
- 33202067in Sharon · 18,538 residents71.60
- 35302493in Weston · 11,579 residents71.46
- 36602465in West Newton · 11,697 residents71.35
- 37501945in Marblehead · 20,470 residents71.31
- 38902464in Newton Upper Falls · 3,833 residents71.22
- 42002482in Wellesley · 11,051 residents70.97
- 42401720in Acton · 23,526 residents70.94
- 46202467in Chestnut Hill · 23,001 residents70.75
- 46702446in Brookline · 31,310 residents70.72
- 47601886in Westford · 24,690 residents70.65
- 48502460in Newtonville · 10,099 residents70.62
- 49602025in Cohasset · 8,427 residents70.54
- 50201890in Winchester · 23,406 residents70.51
- 54002474in Arlington · 28,642 residents70.26
- 54902476in Arlington · 17,708 residents70.23
- 55002108in Boston · 3,794 residents70.22
- 56101719in Boxborough · 5,496 residents70.17
- 57502114in Boston · 14,418 residents70.08
- 58502113in Boston · 6,385 residents70.03
- 58701748in Hopkinton · 19,358 residents70.03
- 59201718in Acton · 404 residents70.00
- 60002458in Newton · 13,050 residents69.97
- 60702052in Medfield · 13,068 residents69.92
- 61402110in Boston · 2,342 residents69.87
- 61902199in Boston · 1,292 residents69.86
- 63201775in Stow · 7,165 residents69.74
- 65701742in Concord · 18,448 residents69.63
- 66601773in Lincoln · 4,891 residents69.59
- 72102140in Cambridge · 21,204 residents69.25
- 72701810in Andover · 35,648 residents69.22
- 73001921in Boxford · 8,250 residents69.20
- 75501730in Bedford · 14,707 residents69.06
- 76702466in Auburndale · 8,679 residents68.98
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 50 of 281- 30,74601901in Lynn · 2,419 residents30.08
- 28,06501840in Lawrence · 8,522 residents37.91
- 25,56602121in Dorchester · 29,040 residents41.60
- 24,61801841in Lawrence · 52,769 residents42.72
- 24,33002301in Brockton · 68,969 residents43.06
- 24,05202119in Roxbury · 27,377 residents43.36
- 23,09302150in Chelsea · 39,908 residents44.32
- 20,85601850in Lowell · 17,740 residents46.41
- 20,61801902in Lynn · 50,066 residents46.62
- 20,21203835in Farmington · 6,804 residents46.96
- 20,04102126in Mattapan · 26,583 residents47.10
- 19,58902149in Everett · 50,045 residents47.47
- 19,21602302in Brockton · 36,417 residents47.77
- 18,01001843in Lawrence · 27,445 residents48.74
- 17,95502576in West Wareham · 4,168 residents48.78
- 16,54602151in Revere · 60,012 residents49.78
- 15,68201905in Lynn · 28,221 residents50.41
- 15,33702125in Dorchester · 33,662 residents50.65
- 15,11002122in Dorchester · 23,479 residents50.82
- 14,81302124in Dorchester Center · 56,216 residents51.03
- 14,25701702in Framingham · 39,789 residents51.41
- 14,04101830in Haverhill · 26,530 residents51.56
- 13,90201854in Lowell · 30,081 residents51.65
- 13,51402558in Onset · 1,734 residents51.95
- 13,31503851in Milton · 4,333 residents52.10
- 13,22503852in Milton Mills · 205 residents52.17
- 13,18002120in Roxbury Crossing · 15,283 residents52.20
- 12,37801852in Lowell · 37,144 residents52.79
- 11,73103867in Rochester · 22,732 residents53.24
- 10,88003077in Raymond · 10,900 residents53.86
- 10,65401832in Haverhill · 26,386 residents54.03
- 10,63802128in Boston · 43,345 residents54.04
- 10,47903839in Rochester · 4,279 residents54.17
- 9,87102367in Plympton · 2,935 residents54.67
- 9,58303868in Rochester · 6,133 residents54.88
- 9,52702330in Carver · 11,712 residents54.92
- 9,51401851in Lowell · 33,403 residents54.94
- 9,04901930in Gloucester · 30,075 residents55.34
- 8,98603855in New Durham · 2,748 residents55.39
- 8,69402538in East Wareham · 4,074 residents55.64
- 8,57603887in Union · 1,739 residents55.75
- 8,48302571in Wareham · 11,258 residents55.83
- 8,42903874in Seabrook · 8,487 residents55.86
- 8,38802115in Boston · 29,705 residents55.89
- 8,30201904in Lynn · 21,003 residents55.97
- 8,20002346in Middleboro · 24,505 residents56.07
- 8,12601752in Marlborough · 41,647 residents56.14
- 8,12303824in Durham · 15,080 residents56.14
- 7,96903878in Somersworth · 12,205 residents56.30
- 7,79101906in Saugus · 28,773 residents56.47
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 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
56 of 280 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
16 ZIP codes share this standing — see them in the full ranking →
Standing highest: 02134 Allston02163 Boston02457 Babson Park
2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 01944 Manchester01970 Salem02366 South Carver
2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 02420 Lexington02421 Lexington03854 New Castle
2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 01908 Nahant01944 Manchester02047 Humarock
Each fifth is about 56 of this metro’s 280 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 4,947,585 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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 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.