How the Traverse City, MI metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Traverse City, MI metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202628 of 28 ZIP codes scored · 0.13M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Traverse City, MI metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 28 of 28- 1,46249636in Glen Arbor · 643 residents66.45
- 1,72849674in Omena · 215 residents65.73
- 1,83149670in Northport · 1,784 residents65.45
- 2,41849654in Leland · 691 residents64.05
- 2,58349630in Empire · 1,390 residents63.78
- 2,95749690in Williamsburg · 6,657 residents63.02
- 3,66349621in Cedar · 3,483 residents61.76
- 3,76649653in Lake Leelanau · 1,766 residents61.59
- 4,77749682in Suttons Bay · 4,699 residents60.11
- 5,58149686in Traverse City · 25,492 residents59.02
- 5,63049684in Traverse City · 21,585 residents58.95
- 6,39349650in Lake Ann · 3,411 residents58.00
- 6,79949635in Frankfort · 3,339 residents57.50
- 7,29649640in Honor · 1,252 residents56.98
- 7,84149664in Maple City · 2,332 residents56.43
- 7,84349643in Interlochen · 6,963 residents56.42
- 8,12749612in Alden · 1,220 residents56.14
- 10,32749616in Benzonia · 2,162 residents54.28
- 10,86149617in Beulah · 3,526 residents53.87
- 11,18049676in Rapid City · 3,620 residents53.63
- 12,36749628in Elberta · 174 residents52.80
- 12,92849649in Kingsley · 7,239 residents52.38
- 13,19049637in Grawn · 3,646 residents52.20
- 19,02749620in Buckley · 3,070 residents47.92
- 19,23249633in Fife Lake · 3,410 residents47.76
- 21,15149683in Thompsonville · 2,225 residents46.17
- 21,19949646in Kalkaska · 8,852 residents46.13
- 23,86049680in South Boardman · 2,206 residents43.54
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 28 of 28- 23,86049680in South Boardman · 2,206 residents43.54
- 21,19949646in Kalkaska · 8,852 residents46.13
- 21,15149683in Thompsonville · 2,225 residents46.17
- 19,23249633in Fife Lake · 3,410 residents47.76
- 19,02749620in Buckley · 3,070 residents47.92
- 13,19049637in Grawn · 3,646 residents52.20
- 12,92849649in Kingsley · 7,239 residents52.38
- 12,36749628in Elberta · 174 residents52.80
- 11,18049676in Rapid City · 3,620 residents53.63
- 10,86149617in Beulah · 3,526 residents53.87
- 10,32749616in Benzonia · 2,162 residents54.28
- 8,12749612in Alden · 1,220 residents56.14
- 7,84349643in Interlochen · 6,963 residents56.42
- 7,84149664in Maple City · 2,332 residents56.43
- 7,29649640in Honor · 1,252 residents56.98
- 6,79949635in Frankfort · 3,339 residents57.50
- 6,39349650in Lake Ann · 3,411 residents58.00
- 5,63049684in Traverse City · 21,585 residents58.95
- 5,58149686in Traverse City · 25,492 residents59.02
- 4,77749682in Suttons Bay · 4,699 residents60.11
- 3,76649653in Lake Leelanau · 1,766 residents61.59
- 3,66349621in Cedar · 3,483 residents61.76
- 2,95749690in Williamsburg · 6,657 residents63.02
- 2,58349630in Empire · 1,390 residents63.78
- 2,41849654in Leland · 691 residents64.05
- 1,83149670in Northport · 1,784 residents65.45
- 1,72849674in Omena · 215 residents65.73
- 1,46249636in Glen Arbor · 643 residents66.45
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Traverse City, 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
6 of 28 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
Standing highest: 49635 Frankfort49684 Traverse City49686 Traverse City
Standing highest: 49643 Interlochen49649 Kingsley49650 Lake Ann
7 ZIP codes share this standing — see them in the full ranking →
2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 49636 Glen Arbor49670 Northport49674 Omena
2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 49654 Leland49670 Northport49674 Omena
Each fifth is about 6 of this metro’s 28 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 127,052 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 Traverse City, 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.