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Raleigh-Cary, NC metro ZIP codes, ranked by the ZipVitals Score
Every Raleigh-Cary, NC metro ZIP code (ZCTA) with a ZipVitals Score, ranked within the metro — descriptive of documented conditions, never a verdict on the people who live there.
Data release 202648 ZIP codes in this ranking
- 5827560in Morrisville · 40,792 residents74.64
- 7827519in Cary · 69,836 residents74.16
- 24827608in Raleigh · 12,604 residents72.21
- 53527523in Apex · 20,269 residents70.28
- 55427613in Raleigh · 45,235 residents70.20
- 63927502in Apex · 48,530 residents69.70
- 70027513in Cary · 46,979 residents69.37
- 75427617in Raleigh · 20,237 residents69.04
- 78327518in Cary · 19,735 residents68.92
- 86127539in Apex · 25,878 residents68.58
- 1,01527540in Holly Springs · 47,771 residents67.97
- 1,08727615in Raleigh · 46,019 residents67.69
- 1,14327612in Raleigh · 41,952 residents67.47
- 1,15127571in Rolesville · 9,095 residents67.43
- 1,23227614in Raleigh · 34,226 residents67.16
- 1,37827562in New Hill · 5,659 residents66.66
- 1,79727605in Raleigh · 6,286 residents65.54
- 1,81327609in Raleigh · 35,573 residents65.49
- 1,92127587in Wake Forest · 82,886 residents65.19
- 2,57027511in Cary · 33,221 residents63.81
- 3,38527607in Raleigh · 28,438 residents62.22
- 3,62327526in Fuquay Varina · 61,588 residents61.82
- 3,96927527in Archer Lodge · 39,256 residents61.25
- 4,38027606in Raleigh · 45,444 residents60.64
- 4,74627616in Raleigh · 63,520 residents60.16
- 4,82827603in Raleigh · 53,972 residents60.05
- 4,92427529in Garner · 55,242 residents59.91
- 5,99527592in Willow Spring · 21,114 residents58.50
- 6,47027596in Youngsville · 22,232 residents57.91
- 6,98327520in Clayton · 48,014 residents57.31
- 7,18727591in Wendell · 29,838 residents57.10
- 8,27627601in Raleigh · 9,905 residents56.01
- 8,93727545in Knightdale · 34,163 residents55.44
- 8,94427604in Raleigh · 44,514 residents55.44
- 10,56727525in Franklinton · 17,110 residents54.11
- 13,56127568in Pine Level · 1,542 residents51.92
- 14,25027610in Raleigh · 81,419 residents51.42
- 14,28427504in Benson · 17,079 residents51.40
- 14,46927597in Zebulon · 30,184 residents51.26
- 16,61827524in Four Oaks · 13,999 residents49.73
- 17,98727569in Princeton · 8,833 residents48.76
- 18,55927542in Kenly · 9,850 residents48.30
- 19,00227576in Selma · 21,624 residents47.94
- 20,58227549in Louisburg · 25,543 residents46.66
- 21,40827577in Smithfield · 28,354 residents45.95
- 23,27127816in Castalia · 3,019 residents44.15
- 23,81927508in Bunn · 2,362 residents43.59
- 29,21627555in Micro · 573 residents35.44
How this ranking works
Ranks are each ZIP code’s position in the full national ZipVitals Score ranking, so the numbers jump — this metro holds 48 of the tens of thousands of scored US ZIP codes — and they never change with the sort direction; the rank a ZIP carries here is the rank it carries everywhere on this site. A ZIP whose data is too thin to score is held out entirely rather than filled from county or metro figures.
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A high score describes favorable documented conditions — never a claim about residents. Where ZIP codes score low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.