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ZipVitals

How the Charleston, WV metro's ZIP codes measure up on health

The ZipVitals Score across the Charleston, WV metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.

Data release 202683 of 84 ZIP codes scored · 0.20M residents represented

Score snapshot

38.90Metro-wide ZipVitals Scorepopulation-weighted average of its ZIP codes
33.78Median scoremiddle of 83 scored ZIPs
57.76Highest score25314 · Charleston
17.53Lowest score25021 · Bim
40.23Spreadpoints between highest & lowest ZIP

People & national context

#383Among 386 metrosby population-weighted average
93%Residents in below-average ZIPs0.19M of 0.20M, in ZIPs scoring under the national average (53.48)
0.18MResidents in the top 50 ZIPs88% of the metro
0.06MResidents in the bottom 50 ZIPs27% of the metro
0ZIPs in the national top 100

The Charleston, WV metro's ZIP codes, ranked

Highest-scoring

Top 50 of 83
  1. 6,59825314in Charleston · 14,794 residents57.76
  2. 12,86025156in Pinch · 119 residents52.43
  3. 15,88125304in Charleston · 8,655 residents50.26
  4. 17,92825112in Institute · 206 residents48.80
  5. 20,33025303in South Charleston · 7,396 residents46.86
  6. 21,09425313in Charleston · 11,760 residents46.21
  7. 24,27825093in Gordon · 107 residents43.11
  8. 25,77025071in Elkview · 11,107 residents41.37
  9. 26,25725306in Charleston · 6,040 residents40.71
  10. 26,71825202in Tornado · 1,451 residents40.05
  11. 27,01925081in Foster · 1,084 residents39.60
  12. 27,20425141in Nebo · 305 residents39.30
  13. 27,42125143in Nitro · 8,714 residents38.96
  14. 27,47725003in Alum Creek · 1,975 residents38.90
  15. 27,66625108in Hewett · 557 residents38.60
  16. 28,00225311in Charleston · 9,825 residents38.02
  17. 28,14125015in Belle · 3,888 residents37.79
  18. 28,47125302in Charleston · 13,204 residents37.11
  19. 28,47825130in Madison · 3,456 residents37.09
  20. 28,65525134in Miami · 548 residents36.74
  21. 28,71625309in South Charleston · 12,154 residents36.59
  22. 28,75525064in Dunbar · 9,090 residents36.51
  23. 28,78025529in Danville · 1,027 residents36.46
  24. 28,83225053in Danville · 3,801 residents36.34
  25. 28,85125285in Wallback · 825 residents36.30
  26. 28,89625024in Bloomingrose · 452 residents36.22
  27. 29,00125035in Cabin Creek · 719 residents35.99
  28. 29,04725142in Nellis · 130 residents35.89
  29. 29,09925114in Jeffrey · 278 residents35.73
  30. 29,13125312in Charleston · 10,047 residents35.64
  31. 29,28425169in Ridgeview · 415 residents35.29
  32. 29,45525320in Charleston · 4,595 residents34.82
  33. 29,45925025in Blount · 83 residents34.81
  34. 29,48125049in Comfort · 548 residents34.72
  35. 29,52325214in Chesapeake · 994 residents34.60
  36. 29,52525051in Costa · 117 residents34.60
  37. 29,59225009in Ashford · 870 residents34.38
  38. 29,61025203in Turtle Creek · 228 residents34.34
  39. 29,72725177in St. Albans · 22,665 residents34.03
  40. 29,75325160in Pond Gap · 510 residents33.96
  41. 29,80125110in Hugheston · 366 residents33.81
  42. 29,80925113in Ivydale · 655 residents33.78
  43. 29,83825193in Sylvester · 230 residents33.70
  44. 29,90125165in Racine · 616 residents33.50
  45. 29,95725149in Ottawa · 231 residents33.30
  46. 29,98925039in Cedar Grove · 629 residents33.21
  47. 30,03325201in Tad · 64 residents33.05
  48. 30,06825154in Peytona · 1,085 residents32.92
  49. 30,09425132in Mammoth · 501 residents32.81
  50. 30,22325107in Hernshaw · 306 residents32.32
Open the full Charleston, WV metro ranking →One page, all 83 scored ZIPs — sortable by score, residents, or place

Where each domain sits inside this metro

The Score above is one number for the whole Charleston, WV 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

17 of 83 ZIPs

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

Healthcare Access61%124,139 people

2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 25064 Dunbar25301 Charleston25309 South Charleston

Risk Behavior52%105,847 people

Standing highest: 25112 Institute25304 Charleston25314 Charleston

Preventive Care47%96,156 people

Standing highest: 25156 Pinch25303 South Charleston25314 Charleston

Social Need / SDOH41%84,783 people

Standing highest: 25156 Pinch25304 Charleston25314 Charleston

Disability39%78,997 people

Standing highest: 25112 Institute25156 Pinch25314 Charleston

Chronic Disease Burden37%76,530 people

Standing highest: 25112 Institute25156 Pinch25314 Charleston

Mental Health33%67,053 people

Standing highest: 25211 Widen25304 Charleston25314 Charleston

Climate / Disaster Risk4%8,428 people

Standing highest: 25088 Glen25133 Maysel25141 Nebo

Environmental Hazard4%7,933 people

Standing highest: 25093 Gordon25204 Twilight25208 Wharton

Each fifth is about 17 of this metro’s 83 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 204,535 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 Charleston, WV 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.