How the Tuscaloosa, AL metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Tuscaloosa, AL metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202631 of 31 ZIP codes scored · 0.27M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Tuscaloosa, AL metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 31 of 31- 2,51935406in Tuscaloosa · 18,904 residents63.88
- 9,62935475in Northport · 20,745 residents54.85
- 10,88735473in Northport · 18,198 residents53.85
- 12,08635490in Vance · 4,457 residents53.00
- 13,13435457in Echola · 56 residents52.24
- 14,13235458in Elrod · 1,211 residents51.49
- 15,31535463in Fosters · 1,603 residents50.67
- 16,00535452in Coker · 4,195 residents50.17
- 16,82935444in Brookwood · 4,216 residents49.58
- 18,03235474in Moundville · 9,654 residents48.73
- 18,25235480in Ralph · 1,879 residents48.54
- 18,70235405in Tuscaloosa · 49,420 residents48.18
- 19,11035456in Duncanville · 3,745 residents47.85
- 19,42335453in Coaling · 12,620 residents47.62
- 19,64535461in Ethelsville · 2,017 residents47.42
- 20,24335476in Northport · 8,521 residents46.93
- 22,49635466in Gordo · 4,906 residents44.92
- 22,52135441in Akron · 950 residents44.90
- 22,90935546in Berry · 4,275 residents44.50
- 26,56235404in Tuscaloosa · 22,445 residents40.28
- 27,16335446in Buhl · 1,896 residents39.36
- 28,41735481in Reform · 3,132 residents37.23
- 29,10535469in Knoxville · 474 residents35.70
- 29,24735447in Pickensville · 3,309 residents35.37
- 30,16435401in Tuscaloosa · 43,459 residents32.53
- 30,17935442in Aliceville · 5,230 residents32.49
- 30,90035462in Eutaw · 4,203 residents29.33
- 31,05136740in Forkland · 936 residents28.35
- 31,09136744in Greensboro · 5,491 residents28.07
- 31,09436776in Sawyerville · 1,419 residents28.05
- 31,40835443in Boligee · 1,599 residents25.56
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 31 of 31- 31,40835443in Boligee · 1,599 residents25.56
- 31,09436776in Sawyerville · 1,419 residents28.05
- 31,09136744in Greensboro · 5,491 residents28.07
- 31,05136740in Forkland · 936 residents28.35
- 30,90035462in Eutaw · 4,203 residents29.33
- 30,17935442in Aliceville · 5,230 residents32.49
- 30,16435401in Tuscaloosa · 43,459 residents32.53
- 29,24735447in Pickensville · 3,309 residents35.37
- 29,10535469in Knoxville · 474 residents35.70
- 28,41735481in Reform · 3,132 residents37.23
- 27,16335446in Buhl · 1,896 residents39.36
- 26,56235404in Tuscaloosa · 22,445 residents40.28
- 22,90935546in Berry · 4,275 residents44.50
- 22,52135441in Akron · 950 residents44.90
- 22,49635466in Gordo · 4,906 residents44.92
- 20,24335476in Northport · 8,521 residents46.93
- 19,64535461in Ethelsville · 2,017 residents47.42
- 19,42335453in Coaling · 12,620 residents47.62
- 19,11035456in Duncanville · 3,745 residents47.85
- 18,70235405in Tuscaloosa · 49,420 residents48.18
- 18,25235480in Ralph · 1,879 residents48.54
- 18,03235474in Moundville · 9,654 residents48.73
- 16,82935444in Brookwood · 4,216 residents49.58
- 16,00535452in Coker · 4,195 residents50.17
- 15,31535463in Fosters · 1,603 residents50.67
- 14,13235458in Elrod · 1,211 residents51.49
- 13,13435457in Echola · 56 residents52.24
- 12,08635490in Vance · 4,457 residents53.00
- 10,88735473in Northport · 18,198 residents53.85
- 9,62935475in Northport · 20,745 residents54.85
- 2,51935406in Tuscaloosa · 18,904 residents63.88
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Tuscaloosa, AL 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
7 of 31 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
Each fifth is about 7 of this metro’s 31 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 265,165 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 Tuscaloosa, AL 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.