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How the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT metro's ZIP codes measure up on health

The ZipVitals Score across the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.

Data release 202646 of 46 ZIP codes scored · 0.97M residents represented

Score snapshot

63.42Metro-wide ZipVitals Scorepopulation-weighted average of its ZIP codes
68.28Median scoremiddle of 46 scored ZIPs
75.00Highest score06878 · Riverside
38.61Lowest score06608 · Bridgeport
36.39Spreadpoints between highest & lowest ZIP

People & national context

#5Among 386 metrosby population-weighted average
21%Residents in below-average ZIPs0.20M of 0.97M, in ZIPs scoring under the national average (53.48)
0.97MResidents in the top 50 ZIPs100% of the metro
0.97MResidents in the bottom 50 ZIPs100% of the metro
5ZIPs in the national top 100led by 06878 · Riverside

The Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT metro's ZIP codes, ranked

Highest-scoring

Top 46 of 46
  1. 4206878in Riverside · 8,328 residents75.00
  2. 6706890in Southport · 4,653 residents74.48
  3. 7706880in Westport · 27,583 residents74.22
  4. 8106870in Old Greenwich · 7,864 residents74.12
  5. 9106883in Weston · 10,396 residents74.04
  6. 12306840in New Canaan · 20,870 residents73.59
  7. 13206820in Darien · 21,936 residents73.49
  8. 14206897in Wilton · 18,777 residents73.36
  9. 17506853in Norwalk · 3,171 residents72.92
  10. 17906831in Greenwich · 15,210 residents72.86
  11. 21806877in Ridgefield · 25,110 residents72.52
  12. 28306896in Redding · 8,779 residents71.98
  13. 29006903in Stamford · 14,010 residents71.96
  14. 30206807in Cos Cob · 7,650 residents71.83
  15. 31206612in Easton · 7,670 residents71.75
  16. 35606824in Fairfield · 36,716 residents71.44
  17. 48406468in Monroe · 18,949 residents70.62
  18. 52506905in Stamford · 20,725 residents70.34
  19. 60506784in Sherman · 3,583 residents69.93
  20. 63006825in Fairfield · 21,982 residents69.78
  21. 69806611in Trumbull · 37,281 residents69.40
  22. 88306470in Newtown · 15,593 residents68.52
  23. 93106901in Stamford · 11,037 residents68.36
  24. 97206804in Brookfield · 17,908 residents68.20
  25. 1,19506830in Greenwich · 24,880 residents67.30
  26. 1,28206482in Sandy Hook · 12,000 residents67.03
  27. 1,74306812in New Fairfield · 13,584 residents65.70
  28. 1,97506851in Norwalk · 27,865 residents65.09
  29. 2,34206484in Shelton · 41,889 residents64.20
  30. 2,36506907in Stamford · 8,705 residents64.16
  31. 2,42406850in Norwalk · 19,692 residents64.04
  32. 2,70506801in Bethel · 20,796 residents63.52
  33. 2,81206855in Norwalk · 9,351 residents63.29
  34. 3,00506614in Stratford · 35,654 residents62.94
  35. 3,85206902in Stamford · 73,392 residents61.44
  36. 4,16006811in Danbury · 31,228 residents60.95
  37. 4,48806906in Stamford · 9,199 residents60.49
  38. 5,34506615in Stratford · 17,136 residents59.32
  39. 7,22106854in Norwalk · 32,118 residents57.06
  40. 11,90406810in Danbury · 55,833 residents53.12
  41. 12,98906606in Bridgeport · 49,308 residents52.34
  42. 17,88906605in Bridgeport · 25,929 residents48.83
  43. 19,98406604in Bridgeport · 31,771 residents47.14
  44. 21,61706610in Bridgeport · 22,020 residents45.73
  45. 26,79906607in Bridgeport · 7,979 residents39.94
  46. 27,66206608in Bridgeport · 12,146 residents38.61
Open the full Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT metro ranking →One page, all 46 scored ZIPs — sortable by score, residents, or place

Where each domain sits inside this metro

The Score above is one number for the whole Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 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

10 of 46 ZIPs

Share of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.

Healthcare Access33%323,559 people

4 ZIP codes tie at this end: 06606 Bridgeport06810 Danbury06830 Greenwich06850 Norwalk

Environmental Hazard25%237,757 people

Standing highest: 06468 Monroe06784 Sherman06812 New Fairfield

Chronic Disease Burden18%178,631 people

Standing highest: 06820 Darien06824 Fairfield06901 Stamford

Disability17%160,294 people

Standing highest: 06820 Darien06870 Old Greenwich06883 Weston

Social Need / SDOH16%158,896 people

2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 06877 Ridgefield06880 Westport06890 Southport

Climate / Disaster Risk15%122,273 people

4 ZIP codes tie at this end: 06607 Bridgeport06615 Stratford06855 Norwalk06905 Stamford

Risk Behavior15%144,396 people

Standing highest: 06880 Westport06890 Southport06896 Redding

Mental Health14%136,470 people

Standing highest: 06878 Riverside06880 Westport06890 Southport

Preventive Care12%115,925 people

Standing highest: 06883 Weston06890 Southport06896 Redding

Each fifth is about 10 of this metro’s 46 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 968,256 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 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 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.