How the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202624 of 27 ZIP codes scored · 0.10M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 24 of 24- 8,93663747in Friedheim · 972 residents55.44
- 11,46963769in Oak Ridge · 1,358 residents53.43
- 11,84063743in Daisy · 64 residents53.16
- 13,68863755in Jackson · 27,629 residents51.81
- 14,88163732in Altenburg · 863 residents50.97
- 15,06963770in Old Appleton · 203 residents50.86
- 16,35263766in Millersville · 1,715 residents49.93
- 19,60763701in Cape Girardeau · 39,345 residents47.45
- 20,03463739in Burfordville · 508 residents47.10
- 21,27563785in Whitewater · 1,282 residents46.07
- 23,73863744in Delta · 198 residents43.66
- 24,36863781in Sedgewickville · 1,398 residents43.01
- 24,68063662in Patton · 536 residents42.66
- 26,53462988in Tamms · 1,149 residents40.32
- 26,77862957in East Cape Girardeau · 640 residents39.97
- 26,80863787in Zalma · 551 residents39.93
- 26,95563764in Marble Hill · 4,760 residents39.69
- 27,04963782in Sturdivant · 172 residents39.56
- 27,12162990in Thebes · 973 residents39.43
- 27,78363751in Glen Allen · 946 residents38.40
- 27,86463760in Leopold · 604 residents38.26
- 28,49062969in Olive Branch · 314 residents37.07
- 30,58663703in Cape Girardeau · 8,201 residents30.79
- 31,46862914in Cairo · 1,765 residents25.08
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 24 of 24- 31,46862914in Cairo · 1,765 residents25.08
- 30,58663703in Cape Girardeau · 8,201 residents30.79
- 28,49062969in Olive Branch · 314 residents37.07
- 27,86463760in Leopold · 604 residents38.26
- 27,78363751in Glen Allen · 946 residents38.40
- 27,12162990in Thebes · 973 residents39.43
- 27,04963782in Sturdivant · 172 residents39.56
- 26,95563764in Marble Hill · 4,760 residents39.69
- 26,80863787in Zalma · 551 residents39.93
- 26,77862957in East Cape Girardeau · 640 residents39.97
- 26,53462988in Tamms · 1,149 residents40.32
- 24,68063662in Patton · 536 residents42.66
- 24,36863781in Sedgewickville · 1,398 residents43.01
- 23,73863744in Delta · 198 residents43.66
- 21,27563785in Whitewater · 1,282 residents46.07
- 20,03463739in Burfordville · 508 residents47.10
- 19,60763701in Cape Girardeau · 39,345 residents47.45
- 16,35263766in Millersville · 1,715 residents49.93
- 15,06963770in Old Appleton · 203 residents50.86
- 14,88163732in Altenburg · 863 residents50.97
- 13,68863755in Jackson · 27,629 residents51.81
- 11,84063743in Daisy · 64 residents53.16
- 11,46963769in Oak Ridge · 1,358 residents53.43
- 8,93663747in Friedheim · 972 residents55.44
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Cape Girardeau, MO-IL 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.
Standing highest: 63701 Cape Girardeau63703 Cape Girardeau63764 Marble Hill
Standing highest: 63701 Cape Girardeau63755 Jackson63770 Old Appleton
Each fifth is about 5 of this metro’s 24 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 96,146 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 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL 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.