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ZipVitals

How the Columbus, GA-AL metro's ZIP codes measure up on health

The ZipVitals Score across the Columbus, GA-AL metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.

Data release 202636 of 36 ZIP codes scored · 0.33M residents represented

Score snapshot

45.95Metro-wide ZipVitals Scorepopulation-weighted average of its ZIP codes
43.13Median scoremiddle of 36 scored ZIPs
65.41Highest score31829 · Upatoi
21.65Lowest score31903 · Columbus
43.77Spreadpoints between highest & lowest ZIP

People & national context

#305Among 386 metrosby population-weighted average
71%Residents in below-average ZIPs0.23M of 0.33M, in ZIPs scoring under the national average (53.48)
0.33MResidents in the top 50 ZIPs100% of the metro
0.33MResidents in the bottom 50 ZIPs100% of the metro
0ZIPs in the national top 100

The Columbus, GA-AL metro's ZIP codes, ranked

Highest-scoring

Top 36 of 36
  1. 1,84731829in Upatoi · 1,699 residents65.41
  2. 3,42631808in Fortson · 8,893 residents62.16
  3. 3,82231820in Midland · 14,005 residents61.48
  4. 4,96831804in Cataula · 6,318 residents59.85
  5. 6,64431811in Hamilton · 6,052 residents57.70
  6. 8,08131807in Ellerslie · 2,704 residents56.18
  7. 8,49031909in Columbus · 39,364 residents55.82
  8. 8,76631905in Fort Benning · 15,157 residents55.58
  9. 11,41631831in Waverly Hall · 4,446 residents53.47
  10. 15,95931822in Pine Mountain · 5,403 residents50.20
  11. 17,46931823in Pine Mountain Valley · 519 residents49.14
  12. 20,14931904in Columbus · 35,405 residents47.01
  13. 20,90031826in Shiloh · 2,552 residents46.37
  14. 21,74736856in Fort Mitchell · 8,716 residents45.62
  15. 22,30936871in Pittsview · 547 residents45.09
  16. 22,61531801in Box Springs · 3,015 residents44.80
  17. 22,75236875in Seale · 4,017 residents44.66
  18. 23,56831907in Columbus · 59,110 residents43.85
  19. 24,90331836in Woodland · 1,009 residents42.41
  20. 24,98336867in Phenix City · 22,821 residents42.29
  21. 25,49231812in Junction City · 484 residents41.69
  22. 25,82631906in Columbus · 20,400 residents41.27
  23. 26,40036858in Hatchechubbee · 303 residents40.51
  24. 26,96731901in Columbus · 5,841 residents39.67
  25. 27,27831810in Geneva · 175 residents39.18
  26. 27,52331803in Buena Vista · 4,499 residents38.84
  27. 27,63431815in Lumpkin · 2,792 residents38.66
  28. 27,64636860in Hurtsboro · 1,486 residents38.63
  29. 28,52731805in Cusseta · 1,833 residents37.00
  30. 28,71336869in Phenix City · 21,518 residents36.59
  31. 28,73631825in Richland · 2,986 residents36.54
  32. 28,74831058in Mauk · 1,929 residents36.52
  33. 30,01731827in Talbotton · 1,590 residents33.11
  34. 30,57331814in Louvale · 10 residents30.88
  35. 30,94231821in Omaha · 112 residents29.03
  36. 31,76431903in Columbus · 20,644 residents21.65
Open the full Columbus, GA-AL metro ranking →One page, all 36 scored ZIPs — sortable by score, residents, or place

Where each domain sits inside this metro

The Score above is one number for the whole Columbus, GA-AL 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

8 of 36 ZIPs

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

Healthcare Access65%213,352 people

Standing highest: 31904 Columbus31906 Columbus36867 Phenix City

Chronic Disease Burden29%94,192 people

Standing highest: 31808 Fortson31905 Fort Benning31909 Columbus

Disability29%94,192 people

Standing highest: 31808 Fortson31829 Upatoi31905 Fort Benning

Risk Behavior26%84,438 people

Standing highest: 31808 Fortson31820 Midland31829 Upatoi

Social Need / SDOH25%83,481 people

Standing highest: 31808 Fortson31820 Midland31829 Upatoi

Preventive Care12%38,654 people

Standing highest: 31804 Cataula31808 Fortson31829 Upatoi

Mental Health11%36,377 people

Standing highest: 31810 Geneva31820 Midland31829 Upatoi

Climate / Disaster Risk6%20,100 people

Standing highest: 31058 Mauk31823 Pine Mountain Valley31826 Shiloh

Environmental Hazard5%16,191 people

Standing highest: 31821 Omaha36858 Hatchechubbee36860 Hurtsboro

Each fifth is about 8 of this metro’s 36 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 328,354 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 Columbus, GA-AL 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.