How the Paducah, KY-IL metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Paducah, KY-IL metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202624 of 24 ZIP codes scored · 0.10M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Paducah, KY-IL metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 24 of 24- 19,43442053in Kevil · 5,307 residents47.61
- 19,72742056in La Center · 1,450 residents47.35
- 19,91162910in Brookport · 1,993 residents47.20
- 19,99062953in Joppa · 259 residents47.13
- 20,51842001in Paducah · 30,856 residents46.70
- 23,28062908in Belknap · 440 residents44.15
- 23,68242086in West Paducah · 3,775 residents43.72
- 24,13062960in Metropolis · 10,783 residents43.28
- 25,23842047in Hampton · 321 residents41.97
- 25,90462956in Karnak · 1,172 residents41.16
- 26,08442035in Cunningham · 816 residents40.94
- 26,13242003in Paducah · 29,672 residents40.88
- 26,78242058in Ledbetter · 2,224 residents39.96
- 26,82742024in Barlow · 1,205 residents39.91
- 28,24842045in Grand Rivers · 1,931 residents37.58
- 28,50742087in Wickliffe · 2,089 residents37.03
- 28,55742081in Smithland · 2,161 residents36.95
- 28,71542083in Tiline · 422 residents36.59
- 29,44342022in Bandana · 198 residents34.86
- 29,56342023in Bardwell · 2,529 residents34.50
- 29,58542021in Arlington · 1,090 residents34.40
- 29,78742078in Salem · 1,702 residents33.86
- 30,05242028in Burna · 403 residents32.96
- 31,34442060in Lovelaceville · 28 residents26.10
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 24 of 24- 31,34442060in Lovelaceville · 28 residents26.10
- 30,05242028in Burna · 403 residents32.96
- 29,78742078in Salem · 1,702 residents33.86
- 29,58542021in Arlington · 1,090 residents34.40
- 29,56342023in Bardwell · 2,529 residents34.50
- 29,44342022in Bandana · 198 residents34.86
- 28,71542083in Tiline · 422 residents36.59
- 28,55742081in Smithland · 2,161 residents36.95
- 28,50742087in Wickliffe · 2,089 residents37.03
- 28,24842045in Grand Rivers · 1,931 residents37.58
- 26,82742024in Barlow · 1,205 residents39.91
- 26,78242058in Ledbetter · 2,224 residents39.96
- 26,13242003in Paducah · 29,672 residents40.88
- 26,08442035in Cunningham · 816 residents40.94
- 25,90462956in Karnak · 1,172 residents41.16
- 25,23842047in Hampton · 321 residents41.97
- 24,13062960in Metropolis · 10,783 residents43.28
- 23,68242086in West Paducah · 3,775 residents43.72
- 23,28062908in Belknap · 440 residents44.15
- 20,51842001in Paducah · 30,856 residents46.70
- 19,99062953in Joppa · 259 residents47.13
- 19,91162910in Brookport · 1,993 residents47.20
- 19,72742056in La Center · 1,450 residents47.35
- 19,43442053in Kevil · 5,307 residents47.61
What the distribution shows
Across the Paducah, KY-IL metro’s 24 ZIP codes, the ZipVitals Score spans a wide range. 24 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 Paducah, KY-IL 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 Paducah, KY-IL 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.