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ZipVitals

How the Columbus, OH metro's ZIP codes measure up on health

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

Data release 2026127 of 130 ZIP codes scored · 2.2M residents represented

Score snapshot

52.47Metro-wide ZipVitals Scorepopulation-weighted average of its ZIP codes
48.76Median scoremiddle of 127 scored ZIPs
68.80Highest score43065 · Powell
23.21Lowest score43222 · Columbus
45.59Spreadpoints between highest & lowest ZIP

People & national context

#165Among 386 metrosby population-weighted average
49%Residents in below-average ZIPs1.1M of 2.2M, in ZIPs scoring under the national average (53.48)
1.2MResidents in the top 50 ZIPs56% of the metro
0.76MResidents in the bottom 50 ZIPs35% of the metro
0ZIPs in the national top 100

The Columbus, OH metro's ZIP codes, ranked

Highest-scoring

Top 50 of 127
  1. 80843065in Powell · 46,679 residents68.80
  2. 89043035in Lewis Center · 36,012 residents68.48
  3. 1,13843082in Westerville · 34,563 residents67.48
  4. 1,13943016in Dublin · 46,362 residents67.48
  5. 1,27543240in Columbus · 7,679 residents67.04
  6. 1,41843054in New Albany · 27,594 residents66.57
  7. 1,89543212in Columbus · 23,405 residents65.28
  8. 1,90343021in Galena · 14,403 residents65.25
  9. 1,96043221in Upper Arlington · 35,293 residents65.12
  10. 2,20943017in Dublin · 41,613 residents64.50
  11. 2,45743085in Worthington · 26,601 residents63.98
  12. 2,98443064in Plain City · 18,143 residents62.97
  13. 3,07843002in Amlin · 1,205 residents62.81
  14. 3,16243215in Columbus · 17,836 residents62.64
  15. 3,40443220in Upper Arlington · 28,792 residents62.18
  16. 3,57943061in Ostrander · 4,921 residents61.89
  17. 3,60743074in Sunbury · 16,873 residents61.84
  18. 3,73943214in Columbus · 26,776 residents61.63
  19. 3,83343066in Radnor · 1,368 residents61.47
  20. 4,00243081in Westerville · 65,020 residents61.20
  21. 4,42443235in Columbus · 44,589 residents60.58
  22. 4,46843023in Granville · 15,688 residents60.51
  23. 4,48343147in Pickerington · 46,963 residents60.49
  24. 4,58643026in Hilliard · 65,238 residents60.35
  25. 4,85943015in Delaware · 61,401 residents60.01
  26. 5,11643230in Gahanna · 58,076 residents59.65
  27. 5,59743136in Lithopolis · 2,216 residents58.99
  28. 6,02543004in Blacklick · 31,477 residents58.46
  29. 6,88543209in Columbus · 28,193 residents57.40
  30. 7,63543077in Unionville Center · 269 residents56.61
  31. 7,64343031in Johnstown · 13,876 residents56.60
  32. 8,50343030in Jacksontown · 249 residents55.81
  33. 8,80643116in Commercial Point · 2,684 residents55.54
  34. 8,93443045in Milford Center · 1,739 residents55.44
  35. 9,05443040in Marysville · 38,990 residents55.33
  36. 9,12943013in Croton · 1,754 residents55.27
  37. 9,27743029in Irwin · 544 residents55.15
  38. 9,28043112in Carroll · 4,909 residents55.15
  39. 9,28743062in Pataskala · 32,037 residents55.15
  40. 9,57243001in Alexandria · 2,892 residents54.89
  41. 10,42343202in Columbus · 20,854 residents54.21
  42. 10,61743033in Kirkersville · 387 residents54.06
  43. 11,08343123in Grove City · 67,626 residents53.70
  44. 11,34343110in Canal Winchester · 43,544 residents53.52
  45. 12,26543119in Galloway · 29,660 residents52.88
  46. 13,40943105in Baltimore · 8,982 residents52.03
  47. 13,49243076in Thornville · 9,456 residents51.97
  48. 13,86543068in Reynoldsburg · 60,148 residents51.68
  49. 13,86743148in Pleasantville · 1,898 residents51.67
  50. 14,00743358in West Mansfield · 2,275 residents51.59
Open the full Columbus, OH metro ranking →One page, all 127 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, OH 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

26 of 127 ZIPs

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

Healthcare Access43%923,110 people

11 ZIP codes share this standing see them in the full ranking →

Disability35%755,224 people

Standing highest: 43035 Lewis Center43212 Columbus43240 Columbus

Preventive Care35%748,805 people

Standing highest: 43065 Powell43066 Radnor43082 Westerville

Risk Behavior34%735,179 people

Standing highest: 43065 Powell43082 Westerville43221 Upper Arlington

Chronic Disease Burden34%734,669 people

Standing highest: 43201 Columbus43210 Columbus43212 Columbus

Social Need / SDOH33%714,987 people

Standing highest: 43065 Powell43082 Westerville43215 Columbus

Mental Health28%608,924 people

Standing highest: 43035 Lewis Center43065 Powell43082 Westerville

Climate / Disaster Risk16%356,989 people

Standing highest: 43151 Midway43201 Columbus43206 Columbus

Environmental Hazard1%30,282 people

Standing highest: 43036 Magnetic Springs43077 Unionville Center43144 Murray City

Each fifth is about 26 of this metro’s 127 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 2,168,324 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, OH 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.