How the Macon-Bibb County, GA metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Macon-Bibb County, GA metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202621 of 22 ZIP codes scored · 0.23M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Macon-Bibb County, GA metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 21 of 21- 5,88831210in Macon · 33,288 residents58.61
- 7,38231220in Macon · 16,494 residents56.89
- 8,89531046in Juliette · 3,637 residents55.48
- 10,55231052in Lizella · 9,001 residents54.11
- 13,07331032in Gray · 14,173 residents52.28
- 13,51731016in Culloden · 1,885 residents51.95
- 14,53131050in Knoxville · 1,305 residents51.21
- 15,84031029in Forsyth · 19,403 residents50.30
- 16,53931038in Hillsboro · 660 residents49.78
- 19,23631216in Macon · 16,328 residents47.76
- 19,75131066in Musella · 803 residents47.33
- 21,27731033in Haddock · 2,755 residents46.07
- 23,08731078in Roberta · 3,199 residents44.33
- 25,37431207in Macon · 1,479 residents41.82
- 25,96931020in Dry Branch · 1,617 residents41.08
- 26,82831211in Macon · 15,868 residents39.90
- 27,84331044in Jeffersonville · 3,082 residents38.31
- 29,91731217in Macon · 17,732 residents33.44
- 30,37031204in Macon · 32,421 residents31.77
- 30,47731201in Macon · 7,891 residents31.30
- 31,51631206in Macon · 24,310 residents24.50
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 21 of 21- 31,51631206in Macon · 24,310 residents24.50
- 30,47731201in Macon · 7,891 residents31.30
- 30,37031204in Macon · 32,421 residents31.77
- 29,91731217in Macon · 17,732 residents33.44
- 27,84331044in Jeffersonville · 3,082 residents38.31
- 26,82831211in Macon · 15,868 residents39.90
- 25,96931020in Dry Branch · 1,617 residents41.08
- 25,37431207in Macon · 1,479 residents41.82
- 23,08731078in Roberta · 3,199 residents44.33
- 21,27731033in Haddock · 2,755 residents46.07
- 19,75131066in Musella · 803 residents47.33
- 19,23631216in Macon · 16,328 residents47.76
- 16,53931038in Hillsboro · 660 residents49.78
- 15,84031029in Forsyth · 19,403 residents50.30
- 14,53131050in Knoxville · 1,305 residents51.21
- 13,51731016in Culloden · 1,885 residents51.95
- 13,07331032in Gray · 14,173 residents52.28
- 10,55231052in Lizella · 9,001 residents54.11
- 8,89531046in Juliette · 3,637 residents55.48
- 7,38231220in Macon · 16,494 residents56.89
- 5,88831210in Macon · 33,288 residents58.61
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Macon-Bibb County, GA 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
5 of 21 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
Each fifth is about 5 of this metro’s 21 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 227,331 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 Macon-Bibb County, GA 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.