How the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202627 of 27 ZIP codes scored · 0.58M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 27 of 27- 90327517in Chapel Hill · 29,564 residents68.44
- 1,53327713in Durham · 59,197 residents66.24
- 1,81027510in Carrboro · 13,868 residents65.50
- 1,93627516in Chapel Hill · 47,358 residents65.17
- 2,30627312in Pittsboro · 23,341 residents64.28
- 2,94727514in Chapel Hill · 32,951 residents63.04
- 3,08527278in Hillsborough · 27,925 residents62.79
- 3,85527705in Durham · 49,923 residents61.43
- 4,49427712in Durham · 24,299 residents60.47
- 4,52227707in Durham · 51,274 residents60.44
- 5,38027243in Efland · 5,677 residents59.28
- 5,39727559in Moncure · 2,312 residents59.26
- 6,68727703in Durham · 63,458 residents57.65
- 6,89727231in Cedar Grove · 2,331 residents57.39
- 6,99927503in Bahama · 5,374 residents57.28
- 8,16827541in Hurdle Mills · 3,399 residents56.10
- 8,46027572in Rougemont · 6,131 residents55.84
- 10,30227252in Goldston · 1,425 residents54.30
- 12,08027701in Durham · 24,793 residents53.01
- 12,52727208in Bennett · 1,979 residents52.68
- 12,74627583in Timberlake · 7,242 residents52.50
- 12,98227343in Semora · 1,232 residents52.35
- 13,43527207in Bear Creek · 4,367 residents52.01
- 15,77127704in Durham · 40,102 residents50.35
- 17,13927574in Roxboro · 14,928 residents49.36
- 25,34927573in Roxboro · 11,537 residents41.84
- 25,80527344in Siler City · 19,198 residents41.31
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 27 of 27- 25,80527344in Siler City · 19,198 residents41.31
- 25,34927573in Roxboro · 11,537 residents41.84
- 17,13927574in Roxboro · 14,928 residents49.36
- 15,77127704in Durham · 40,102 residents50.35
- 13,43527207in Bear Creek · 4,367 residents52.01
- 12,98227343in Semora · 1,232 residents52.35
- 12,74627583in Timberlake · 7,242 residents52.50
- 12,52727208in Bennett · 1,979 residents52.68
- 12,08027701in Durham · 24,793 residents53.01
- 10,30227252in Goldston · 1,425 residents54.30
- 8,46027572in Rougemont · 6,131 residents55.84
- 8,16827541in Hurdle Mills · 3,399 residents56.10
- 6,99927503in Bahama · 5,374 residents57.28
- 6,89727231in Cedar Grove · 2,331 residents57.39
- 6,68727703in Durham · 63,458 residents57.65
- 5,39727559in Moncure · 2,312 residents59.26
- 5,38027243in Efland · 5,677 residents59.28
- 4,52227707in Durham · 51,274 residents60.44
- 4,49427712in Durham · 24,299 residents60.47
- 3,85527705in Durham · 49,923 residents61.43
- 3,08527278in Hillsborough · 27,925 residents62.79
- 2,94727514in Chapel Hill · 32,951 residents63.04
- 2,30627312in Pittsboro · 23,341 residents64.28
- 1,93627516in Chapel Hill · 47,358 residents65.17
- 1,81027510in Carrboro · 13,868 residents65.50
- 1,53327713in Durham · 59,197 residents66.24
- 90327517in Chapel Hill · 29,564 residents68.44
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 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
6 of 27 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
Standing highest: 27510 Carrboro27514 Chapel Hill27713 Durham
3 ZIP codes tie at this end: 27344 Siler City27573 Roxboro27705 Durham
Standing highest: 27231 Cedar Grove27514 Chapel Hill27573 Roxboro
Standing highest: 27208 Bennett27231 Cedar Grove27541 Hurdle Mills
Each fifth is about 6 of this metro’s 27 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 575,185 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 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 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.