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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

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#ZIP code · locatorScore
  1. 2,87029206in Forest Acres · 19,759 residents63.19
  2. 3,34229072in Lexington · 69,407 residents62.29
  3. 3,47729063in Irmo · 38,201 residents62.09
  4. 3,65629036in Chapin · 26,620 residents61.77
  5. 4,98629016in Blythewood · 30,454 residents59.83
  6. 5,36529229in Columbia · 51,861 residents59.31
  7. 5,56529075in Little Mountain · 2,848 residents59.04
  8. 6,13029212in Columbia · 27,657 residents58.34
  9. 6,78629205in Columbia · 22,223 residents57.52
  10. 8,64329045in Elgin · 31,372 residents55.69
  11. 9,20429207in Columbia · 8,012 residents55.20
  12. 9,49329054in Gilbert · 11,174 residents54.96
  13. 12,37429175in Westville · 235 residents52.80
  14. 12,52129169in West Columbia · 21,647 residents52.68
  15. 13,81529170in West Columbia · 21,247 residents51.71
  16. 14,14829223in Columbia · 53,074 residents51.49
  17. 14,33829078in Lugoff · 16,283 residents51.37
  18. 14,49329074in Liberty Hill · 212 residents51.24
  19. 15,27129225in Columbia · 443 residents50.70
  20. 15,48529209in Columbia · 38,041 residents50.55
  21. 15,65729073in Lexington · 53,156 residents50.43
  22. 16,32429033in Cayce · 12,837 residents49.95
  23. 16,35429208in Columbia · 2,445 residents49.93
  24. 16,67429020in Camden · 23,266 residents49.69
  25. 17,09829130in Ridgeway · 6,252 residents49.39
  26. 17,54229070in Leesville · 15,657 residents49.09
  27. 17,90029135in St. Matthews · 8,294 residents48.82
  28. 19,72929006in Batesburg-Leesville · 9,199 residents47.35
  29. 19,93329204in Columbia · 18,159 residents47.19
  30. 21,75929032in Cassatt · 4,687 residents45.61
  31. 21,82229160in Swansea · 7,419 residents45.56
  32. 22,30729172in Pine Ridge · 8,974 residents45.10
  33. 22,56629044in Eastover · 4,799 residents44.86
  34. 23,16029061in Hopkins · 12,538 residents44.26
  35. 23,25229123in Pelion · 7,938 residents44.17
  36. 23,64529030in Cameron · 2,045 residents43.76
  37. 23,65329052in Gadsden · 2,199 residents43.76
  38. 24,02429201in Columbia · 24,605 residents43.38
  39. 24,18929015in Blair · 1,255 residents43.22
  40. 24,45229065in Jenkinsville · 605 residents42.92
  41. 25,21729166in Ward · 611 residents42.00
  42. 25,37329009in Bethune · 2,451 residents41.82
  43. 25,65629210in Columbia · 39,962 residents41.50
  44. 25,73029138in Saluda · 10,018 residents41.42
  45. 26,52329053in Gaston · 21,076 residents40.34
  46. 27,36429203in Columbia · 40,653 residents39.04
  47. 27,76229180in 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.