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Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metro ZIP codes, ranked by the ZipVitals Score
Every Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 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 202624 ZIP codes in this ranking
- 6,17728673in Sherrills Ford · 6,874 residents58.27
- 6,68528682in Terrell · 1,701 residents57.65
- 9,26228671in Rutherford College · 375 residents55.16
- 9,62528609in Catawba · 6,615 residents54.85
- 11,31328601in Hickory · 53,329 residents53.54
- 12,26628667in Rhodhiss · 301 residents52.88
- 13,00428690in Valdese · 9,196 residents52.33
- 14,36028650in Maiden · 12,746 residents51.34
- 15,00528630in Granite Falls · 19,382 residents50.90
- 16,62628658in Newton · 26,336 residents49.72
- 16,68728610in Claremont · 10,192 residents49.68
- 17,22728637in Hildebran · 1,911 residents49.31
- 17,73828681in Taylorsville · 25,566 residents48.95
- 18,63028613in Conover · 23,357 residents48.24
- 19,03728611in Collettsville · 424 residents47.91
- 19,63428638in Hudson · 12,363 residents47.43
- 19,81928612in Connelly Springs · 11,290 residents47.28
- 21,50828655in Morganton · 55,100 residents45.84
- 21,66528602in Hickory · 31,113 residents45.69
- 21,69928636in Hiddenite · 4,496 residents45.66
- 22,06328645in Lenoir · 45,997 residents45.33
- 22,35828619in Drexel · 487 residents45.04
- 24,76928666in Icard · 273 residents42.55
- 25,50428628in Glen Alpine · 60 residents41.68
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 24 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.