How the Columbia, MO metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Columbia, MO metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202622 of 22 ZIP codes scored · 0.22M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Columbia, MO metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 22 of 22- 4,16965039in Hartsburg · 3,076 residents60.94
- 4,48265010in Ashland · 7,205 residents60.49
- 4,54465203in Columbia · 61,539 residents60.41
- 6,56865279in Rocheport · 1,940 residents57.80
- 7,98665215in Columbia · 225 residents56.29
- 10,34365202in Columbia · 47,327 residents54.27
- 12,54765256in Harrisburg · 2,011 residents52.66
- 13,76065255in Hallsville · 5,216 residents51.76
- 14,94165068in Prairie Home · 893 residents50.94
- 15,33265284in Sturgeon · 2,316 residents50.65
- 18,33665274in New Franklin · 1,969 residents48.48
- 18,77265237in Bunceton · 763 residents48.13
- 18,86365240in Centralia · 8,830 residents48.05
- 19,02165201in Columbia · 50,011 residents47.92
- 19,57365276in Pilot Grove · 1,777 residents47.48
- 19,93765250in Franklin · 293 residents47.19
- 19,94765230in Armstrong · 591 residents47.18
- 20,37365248in Fayette · 4,480 residents46.82
- 21,27265233in Boonville · 10,640 residents46.07
- 21,64265254in Glasgow · 1,869 residents45.71
- 21,99165322in Blackwater · 706 residents45.40
- 24,28965348in Otterville · 1,419 residents43.10
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 22 of 22- 24,28965348in Otterville · 1,419 residents43.10
- 21,99165322in Blackwater · 706 residents45.40
- 21,64265254in Glasgow · 1,869 residents45.71
- 21,27265233in Boonville · 10,640 residents46.07
- 20,37365248in Fayette · 4,480 residents46.82
- 19,94765230in Armstrong · 591 residents47.18
- 19,93765250in Franklin · 293 residents47.19
- 19,57365276in Pilot Grove · 1,777 residents47.48
- 19,02165201in Columbia · 50,011 residents47.92
- 18,86365240in Centralia · 8,830 residents48.05
- 18,77265237in Bunceton · 763 residents48.13
- 18,33665274in New Franklin · 1,969 residents48.48
- 15,33265284in Sturgeon · 2,316 residents50.65
- 14,94165068in Prairie Home · 893 residents50.94
- 13,76065255in Hallsville · 5,216 residents51.76
- 12,54765256in Harrisburg · 2,011 residents52.66
- 10,34365202in Columbia · 47,327 residents54.27
- 7,98665215in Columbia · 225 residents56.29
- 6,56865279in Rocheport · 1,940 residents57.80
- 4,54465203in Columbia · 61,539 residents60.41
- 4,48265010in Ashland · 7,205 residents60.49
- 4,16965039in Hartsburg · 3,076 residents60.94
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Columbia, MO 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 22 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
Standing highest: 65230 Armstrong65256 Harrisburg65274 New Franklin
Standing highest: 65215 Columbia65230 Armstrong65255 Hallsville
Each fifth is about 5 of this metro’s 22 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 215,096 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 Columbia, MO 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.