How the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202648 of 48 ZIP codes scored · 1.5M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Raleigh-Cary, NC metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 48 of 48- 6027560in Morrisville · 40,792 residents74.64
- 8227519in Cary · 69,836 residents74.11
- 25027608in Raleigh · 12,604 residents72.20
- 54527523in Apex · 20,269 residents70.25
- 55827613in Raleigh · 45,235 residents70.19
- 64327502in Apex · 48,530 residents69.69
- 70827513in Cary · 46,979 residents69.33
- 75927617in Raleigh · 20,237 residents69.03
- 79027518in Cary · 19,735 residents68.89
- 86527539in Apex · 25,878 residents68.57
- 1,01827540in Holly Springs · 47,771 residents67.96
- 1,09727615in Raleigh · 46,019 residents67.68
- 1,14827612in Raleigh · 41,952 residents67.46
- 1,15527571in Rolesville · 9,095 residents67.43
- 1,23427614in Raleigh · 34,226 residents67.15
- 1,38827562in New Hill · 5,659 residents66.65
- 1,80327605in Raleigh · 6,286 residents65.53
- 1,81927609in Raleigh · 35,573 residents65.48
- 1,92327587in Wake Forest · 82,886 residents65.19
- 2,56827511in Cary · 33,221 residents63.81
- 3,39227607in Raleigh · 28,438 residents62.21
- 3,62527526in Fuquay Varina · 61,588 residents61.81
- 3,97727527in Archer Lodge · 39,256 residents61.24
- 4,38627606in Raleigh · 45,444 residents60.63
- 4,74927616in Raleigh · 63,520 residents60.15
- 4,83627603in Raleigh · 53,972 residents60.04
- 4,92927529in Garner · 55,242 residents59.90
- 5,99527592in Willow Spring · 21,114 residents58.49
- 6,49127596in Youngsville · 22,232 residents57.89
- 6,98427520in Clayton · 48,014 residents57.30
- 7,18627591in Wendell · 29,838 residents57.10
- 8,27627601in Raleigh · 9,905 residents56.00
- 8,93827545in Knightdale · 34,163 residents55.44
- 8,95527604in Raleigh · 44,514 residents55.43
- 10,61927525in Franklinton · 17,110 residents54.06
- 13,56227568in Pine Level · 1,542 residents51.92
- 14,25327610in Raleigh · 81,419 residents51.42
- 14,28727504in Benson · 17,079 residents51.40
- 14,46727597in Zebulon · 30,184 residents51.26
- 16,63527524in Four Oaks · 13,999 residents49.72
- 18,00427569in Princeton · 8,833 residents48.75
- 18,55627542in Kenly · 9,850 residents48.30
- 18,99927576in Selma · 21,624 residents47.94
- 20,57227549in Louisburg · 25,543 residents46.65
- 21,41727577in Smithfield · 28,354 residents45.94
- 23,27827816in Castalia · 3,019 residents44.15
- 23,87227508in Bunn · 2,362 residents43.53
- 29,21627555in Micro · 573 residents35.44
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 48 of 48- 29,21627555in Micro · 573 residents35.44
- 23,87227508in Bunn · 2,362 residents43.53
- 23,27827816in Castalia · 3,019 residents44.15
- 21,41727577in Smithfield · 28,354 residents45.94
- 20,57227549in Louisburg · 25,543 residents46.65
- 18,99927576in Selma · 21,624 residents47.94
- 18,55627542in Kenly · 9,850 residents48.30
- 18,00427569in Princeton · 8,833 residents48.75
- 16,63527524in Four Oaks · 13,999 residents49.72
- 14,46727597in Zebulon · 30,184 residents51.26
- 14,28727504in Benson · 17,079 residents51.40
- 14,25327610in Raleigh · 81,419 residents51.42
- 13,56227568in Pine Level · 1,542 residents51.92
- 10,61927525in Franklinton · 17,110 residents54.06
- 8,95527604in Raleigh · 44,514 residents55.43
- 8,93827545in Knightdale · 34,163 residents55.44
- 8,27627601in Raleigh · 9,905 residents56.00
- 7,18627591in Wendell · 29,838 residents57.10
- 6,98427520in Clayton · 48,014 residents57.30
- 6,49127596in Youngsville · 22,232 residents57.89
- 5,99527592in Willow Spring · 21,114 residents58.49
- 4,92927529in Garner · 55,242 residents59.90
- 4,83627603in Raleigh · 53,972 residents60.04
- 4,74927616in Raleigh · 63,520 residents60.15
- 4,38627606in Raleigh · 45,444 residents60.63
- 3,97727527in Archer Lodge · 39,256 residents61.24
- 3,62527526in Fuquay Varina · 61,588 residents61.81
- 3,39227607in Raleigh · 28,438 residents62.21
- 2,56827511in Cary · 33,221 residents63.81
- 1,92327587in Wake Forest · 82,886 residents65.19
- 1,81927609in Raleigh · 35,573 residents65.48
- 1,80327605in Raleigh · 6,286 residents65.53
- 1,38827562in New Hill · 5,659 residents66.65
- 1,23427614in Raleigh · 34,226 residents67.15
- 1,15527571in Rolesville · 9,095 residents67.43
- 1,14827612in Raleigh · 41,952 residents67.46
- 1,09727615in Raleigh · 46,019 residents67.68
- 1,01827540in Holly Springs · 47,771 residents67.96
- 86527539in Apex · 25,878 residents68.57
- 79027518in Cary · 19,735 residents68.89
- 75927617in Raleigh · 20,237 residents69.03
- 70827513in Cary · 46,979 residents69.33
- 64327502in Apex · 48,530 residents69.69
- 55827613in Raleigh · 45,235 residents70.19
- 54527523in Apex · 20,269 residents70.25
- 25027608in Raleigh · 12,604 residents72.20
- 8227519in Cary · 69,836 residents74.11
- 6027560in Morrisville · 40,792 residents74.64
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Raleigh-Cary, NC 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
10 of 48 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
Each fifth is about 10 of this metro’s 48 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 1,511,514 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 Raleigh-Cary, NC 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.