How the Gainesville, FL metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Gainesville, FL metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202629 of 29 ZIP codes scored · 0.34M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Gainesville, FL metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 29 of 29- 2,57432606in Gainesville · 23,022 residents63.80
- 4,09232605in Gainesville · 24,689 residents61.06
- 5,14532653in Gainesville · 15,150 residents59.61
- 6,52432669in Newberry · 17,704 residents57.85
- 8,13132616in Alachua · 123 residents56.13
- 8,49332608in Gainesville · 54,566 residents55.82
- 9,62332615in Alachua · 16,771 residents54.85
- 10,74632618in Archer · 7,057 residents53.97
- 12,47632607in Gainesville · 35,720 residents52.72
- 13,47732658in La Crosse · 347 residents51.98
- 13,69232643in High Springs · 11,953 residents51.81
- 17,97032603in Gainesville · 7,419 residents48.77
- 18,48932601in Gainesville · 23,180 residents48.35
- 19,55532694in Waldo · 2,286 residents47.50
- 21,53432693in Fanning Springs · 12,806 residents45.81
- 22,94632631in Earleton · 343 residents44.47
- 23,68132619in Bell · 5,074 residents43.72
- 23,77032696in Williston · 15,521 residents43.63
- 23,79232609in Gainesville · 19,752 residents43.61
- 24,21032668in Morriston · 5,149 residents43.18
- 24,28032626in Chiefland · 8,709 residents43.11
- 24,47232639in Gulf Hammock · 63 residents42.89
- 24,59032625in Cedar Key · 1,322 residents42.75
- 25,13132683in Otter Creek · 184 residents42.10
- 26,11332612in Gainesville · 9,157 residents40.90
- 26,31332621in Bronson · 6,368 residents40.64
- 28,22734449in Inglis · 3,565 residents37.62
- 29,22334498in Yankeetown · 675 residents35.42
- 29,39732641in Gainesville · 13,963 residents34.99
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 29 of 29- 29,39732641in Gainesville · 13,963 residents34.99
- 29,22334498in Yankeetown · 675 residents35.42
- 28,22734449in Inglis · 3,565 residents37.62
- 26,31332621in Bronson · 6,368 residents40.64
- 26,11332612in Gainesville · 9,157 residents40.90
- 25,13132683in Otter Creek · 184 residents42.10
- 24,59032625in Cedar Key · 1,322 residents42.75
- 24,47232639in Gulf Hammock · 63 residents42.89
- 24,28032626in Chiefland · 8,709 residents43.11
- 24,21032668in Morriston · 5,149 residents43.18
- 23,79232609in Gainesville · 19,752 residents43.61
- 23,77032696in Williston · 15,521 residents43.63
- 23,68132619in Bell · 5,074 residents43.72
- 22,94632631in Earleton · 343 residents44.47
- 21,53432693in Fanning Springs · 12,806 residents45.81
- 19,55532694in Waldo · 2,286 residents47.50
- 18,48932601in Gainesville · 23,180 residents48.35
- 17,97032603in Gainesville · 7,419 residents48.77
- 13,69232643in High Springs · 11,953 residents51.81
- 13,47732658in La Crosse · 347 residents51.98
- 12,47632607in Gainesville · 35,720 residents52.72
- 10,74632618in Archer · 7,057 residents53.97
- 9,62332615in Alachua · 16,771 residents54.85
- 8,49332608in Gainesville · 54,566 residents55.82
- 8,13132616in Alachua · 123 residents56.13
- 6,52432669in Newberry · 17,704 residents57.85
- 5,14532653in Gainesville · 15,150 residents59.61
- 4,09232605in Gainesville · 24,689 residents61.06
- 2,57432606in Gainesville · 23,022 residents63.80
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Gainesville, FL 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 29 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
Standing highest: 32601 Gainesville32605 Gainesville32607 Gainesville
Standing highest: 32603 Gainesville32608 Gainesville32612 Gainesville
Standing highest: 32603 Gainesville32605 Gainesville32616 Alachua
Standing highest: 32605 Gainesville32606 Gainesville32639 Gulf Hammock
Each fifth is about 6 of this metro’s 29 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 342,638 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 Gainesville, FL 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.