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How the Lancaster, PA metro's ZIP codes measure up on health

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

Data release 202649 of 49 ZIP codes scored · 0.56M residents represented

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Score snapshot

49.16Metro-wide ZipVitals Scorepopulation-weighted average of its ZIP codes
47.80Median scoremiddle of 49 scored ZIPs
68.46Highest score17606 · Lancaster
35.50Lowest score17563 · Peach Bottom
32.97Spreadpoints between highest & lowest ZIP

People & national context

#237Among 386 metrosby population-weighted average
68%Residents in below-average ZIPs0.38M of 0.56M, in ZIPs scoring under the national average (53.48)
0.56MResidents in the top 50 ZIPs100% of the metro
0.56MResidents in the bottom 50 ZIPs100% of the metro
0ZIPs in the national top 100—

The Lancaster, PA metro's ZIP codes, ranked

Highest-scoring

Top 49 of 49
  1. 89617606in Lancaster · 404 residents68.46
  2. 3,95717570in Rheems · 176 residents61.27
  3. 5,25917584in Willow Street · 11,646 residents59.43
  4. 5,85817538in Landisville · 7,314 residents58.66
  5. 6,90517550in Maytown · 313 residents57.38
  6. 8,48719501in Adamstown · 823 residents55.82
  7. 8,85017022in Elizabethtown · 31,908 residents55.51
  8. 9,16917543in Lititz · 45,912 residents55.24
  9. 9,49317552in Mount Joy · 19,761 residents54.96
  10. 9,50917601in Lancaster · 56,382 residents54.94
  11. 10,40817508in Brownstown · 1,125 residents54.23
  12. 11,92917547in Marietta · 9,210 residents53.11
  13. 12,49417520in East Petersburg · 5,040 residents52.70
  14. 12,93217516in Conestoga · 5,180 residents52.38
  15. 13,12317569in Reinholds · 7,323 residents52.24
  16. 13,45617579in Strasburg · 6,875 residents51.99
  17. 13,58017501in Akron · 4,614 residents51.91
  18. 14,93217545in Manheim · 23,556 residents50.95
  19. 17,21917582in Washington Boro · 1,702 residents49.31
  20. 17,38717502in Bainbridge · 2,485 residents49.20
  21. 17,51517565in Pequea · 2,523 residents49.10
  22. 17,94717517in Denver · 14,686 residents48.78
  23. 18,10717603in Lancaster · 67,571 residents48.68
  24. 18,88117532in Holtwood · 3,328 residents48.03
  25. 19,18417522in Ephrata · 33,852 residents47.80
  26. 19,24517554in Mountville · 7,453 residents47.75
  27. 19,98317507in Bowmansville · 64 residents47.14
  28. 21,28717540in Leola · 10,728 residents46.06
  29. 21,45317578in Stevens · 7,504 residents45.90
  30. 21,68717555in Narvon · 7,251 residents45.67
  31. 22,01917581in Terre Hill · 180 residents45.37
  32. 22,86617566in Quarryville · 12,603 residents44.54
  33. 22,93317557in New Holland · 15,055 residents44.48
  34. 23,21617551in Millersville · 11,753 residents44.21
  35. 23,24517519in East Earl · 7,127 residents44.18
  36. 23,24617560in New Providence · 5,460 residents44.18
  37. 23,38117505in Bird In Hand · 2,358 residents44.04
  38. 23,80117527in Gap · 6,094 residents43.60
  39. 24,47717572in Ronks · 3,643 residents42.89
  40. 24,67917562in Paradise · 4,373 residents42.66
  41. 25,22117602in Lancaster · 52,217 residents41.98
  42. 26,64417512in Columbia · 18,148 residents40.17
  43. 26,93817509in Christiana · 5,135 residents39.72
  44. 26,94717535in Kinzers · 3,042 residents39.70
  45. 27,38417536in Kirkwood · 3,452 residents39.01
  46. 27,75517518in Drumore · 1,360 residents38.45
  47. 28,11717529in Gordonville · 4,826 residents37.83
  48. 28,93817576in Smoketown · 103 residents36.13
  49. 29,19017563in Peach Bottom · 3,952 residents35.50
Open the full Lancaster, PA metro ranking →One page, all 49 scored ZIPs — sortable by score, residents, or place

What the distribution shows

Across the Lancaster, PA metro’s 49 ZIP codes, the ZipVitals Score spans a wide range. 49 of them carry enough measured coverage across all nine health domains to enter the population-weighted composite above; the rest are held out rather than filled from a coarser geography.

The Lancaster, PA metro has no in-metro comparison group: too few of its ZIP codes carry measured data across all nine scoring domains for the others to be placed against them, so the domain-by-domain breakdown that other metro pages carry is not available here. Every one of its ZIP codes still carries its own Score and its national standing.

Assembled from the same ZIP-level data as every per-ZIP page. Read the full method →

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 Lancaster, PA 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.