How the Niles, MI metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Niles, MI metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202623 of 23 ZIP codes scored · 0.16M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Niles, MI metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 23 of 23- 3,77549085in St. Joseph · 23,827 residents61.56
- 4,70949104in Berrien Springs · 383 residents60.20
- 4,82049127in Stevensville · 11,155 residents60.06
- 5,19749116in Lakeside · 86 residents59.53
- 5,48349115in Harbert · 147 residents59.16
- 7,99549117in New Buffalo · 3,358 residents56.27
- 8,62249103in Berrien Springs · 11,590 residents55.71
- 9,23849101in Baroda · 2,947 residents55.18
- 9,53349125in Sawyer · 1,990 residents54.92
- 10,49149106in Bridgman · 4,741 residents54.16
- 11,65949128in Three Oaks · 3,450 residents53.28
- 12,17449129in Union Pier · 669 residents52.94
- 15,84349107in Buchanan · 10,323 residents50.30
- 16,41549102in Berrien Center · 1,472 residents49.88
- 17,51649084in Riverside · 38 residents49.10
- 19,30149038in Coloma · 8,616 residents47.72
- 19,64849111in Eau Claire · 3,159 residents47.42
- 20,16649126in Sodus · 1,623 residents47.00
- 20,31249120in Niles · 36,495 residents46.87
- 23,39349113in Galien · 1,742 residents44.03
- 27,29149119in New Troy · 134 residents39.16
- 27,34149098in Watervliet · 6,215 residents39.07
- 30,72149022in Benton Harbor · 29,460 residents30.25
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 23 of 23- 30,72149022in Benton Harbor · 29,460 residents30.25
- 27,34149098in Watervliet · 6,215 residents39.07
- 27,29149119in New Troy · 134 residents39.16
- 23,39349113in Galien · 1,742 residents44.03
- 20,31249120in Niles · 36,495 residents46.87
- 20,16649126in Sodus · 1,623 residents47.00
- 19,64849111in Eau Claire · 3,159 residents47.42
- 19,30149038in Coloma · 8,616 residents47.72
- 17,51649084in Riverside · 38 residents49.10
- 16,41549102in Berrien Center · 1,472 residents49.88
- 15,84349107in Buchanan · 10,323 residents50.30
- 12,17449129in Union Pier · 669 residents52.94
- 11,65949128in Three Oaks · 3,450 residents53.28
- 10,49149106in Bridgman · 4,741 residents54.16
- 9,53349125in Sawyer · 1,990 residents54.92
- 9,23849101in Baroda · 2,947 residents55.18
- 8,62249103in Berrien Springs · 11,590 residents55.71
- 7,99549117in New Buffalo · 3,358 residents56.27
- 5,48349115in Harbert · 147 residents59.16
- 5,19749116in Lakeside · 86 residents59.53
- 4,82049127in Stevensville · 11,155 residents60.06
- 4,70949104in Berrien Springs · 383 residents60.20
- 3,77549085in St. Joseph · 23,827 residents61.56
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Niles, MI 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 23 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
Standing highest: 49085 St. Joseph49103 Berrien Springs49104 Berrien Springs
Standing highest: 49101 Baroda49102 Berrien Center49104 Berrien Springs
2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 49085 St. Joseph49115 Harbert49116 Lakeside
2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 49115 Harbert49116 Lakeside49129 Union Pier
2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 49115 Harbert49116 Lakeside49129 Union Pier
Standing highest: 49101 Baroda49102 Berrien Center49111 Eau Claire
Each fifth is about 5 of this metro’s 23 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 163,620 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 Niles, MI 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.