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Columbia, SC metro ZIP codes, ranked by the ZipVitals Score
Every Columbia, SC metro ZIP code (ZCTA) with a ZipVitals Score, ranked within the metro — descriptive of documented conditions, never a verdict on the people who live there.
Data release 202647 ZIP codes in this ranking
- 2,87229206in Forest Acres · 19,759 residents63.18
- 3,34529072in Lexington · 69,407 residents62.29
- 3,49329063in Irmo · 38,201 residents62.05
- 3,65829036in Chapin · 26,620 residents61.77
- 5,00429016in Blythewood · 30,454 residents59.80
- 5,37929229in Columbia · 51,861 residents59.28
- 5,58429075in Little Mountain · 2,848 residents59.02
- 6,13029212in Columbia · 27,657 residents58.33
- 6,78529205in Columbia · 22,223 residents57.52
- 8,66129045in Elgin · 31,372 residents55.67
- 9,24029207in Columbia · 8,012 residents55.18
- 9,49229054in Gilbert · 11,174 residents54.96
- 12,37429175in Westville · 235 residents52.80
- 12,53129169in West Columbia · 21,647 residents52.67
- 13,81829170in West Columbia · 21,247 residents51.71
- 14,14629223in Columbia · 53,074 residents51.48
- 14,34129078in Lugoff · 16,283 residents51.36
- 14,48929074in Liberty Hill · 212 residents51.24
- 15,27229225in Columbia · 443 residents50.70
- 15,52229209in Columbia · 38,041 residents50.52
- 15,65729073in Lexington · 53,156 residents50.43
- 16,33029033in Cayce · 12,837 residents49.94
- 16,34629208in Columbia · 2,445 residents49.93
- 16,66929020in Camden · 23,266 residents49.69
- 17,09529130in Ridgeway · 6,252 residents49.39
- 17,54129070in Leesville · 15,657 residents49.08
- 17,89429135in St. Matthews · 8,294 residents48.82
- 19,72129006in Batesburg-Leesville · 9,199 residents47.35
- 19,93529204in Columbia · 18,159 residents47.19
- 21,76129032in Cassatt · 4,687 residents45.61
- 21,81829160in Swansea · 7,419 residents45.56
- 22,30829172in Pine Ridge · 8,974 residents45.09
- 22,58029044in Eastover · 4,799 residents44.85
- 23,19329061in Hopkins · 12,538 residents44.23
- 23,25429123in Pelion · 7,938 residents44.17
- 23,64729030in Cameron · 2,045 residents43.76
- 23,65029052in Gadsden · 2,199 residents43.76
- 24,06329201in Columbia · 24,605 residents43.35
- 24,19029015in Blair · 1,255 residents43.22
- 24,45129065in Jenkinsville · 605 residents42.92
- 25,21329166in Ward · 611 residents42.00
- 25,37029009in Bethune · 2,451 residents41.82
- 25,65729210in Columbia · 39,962 residents41.50
- 25,73229138in Saluda · 10,018 residents41.42
- 26,52829053in Gaston · 21,076 residents40.33
- 27,36729203in Columbia · 40,653 residents39.04
- 27,76829180in Winnsboro · 11,730 residents38.42
How this ranking works
Ranks are each ZIP code’s position in the full national ZipVitals Score ranking, so the numbers jump — this metro holds 47 of the tens of thousands of scored US ZIP codes — and they never change with the sort direction; the rank a ZIP carries here is the rank it carries everywhere on this site. A ZIP whose data is too thin to score is held out entirely rather than filled from county or metro figures.
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A high score describes favorable documented conditions — never a claim about residents. Where ZIP codes score low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.