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How the Winston-Salem, NC metro's ZIP codes measure up on health

The ZipVitals Score across the Winston-Salem, NC metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.

Data release 202639 of 39 ZIP codes scored · 0.69M residents represented

Score snapshot

51.33Metro-wide ZipVitals Scorepopulation-weighted average of its ZIP codes
50.33Median scoremiddle of 39 scored ZIPs
62.58Highest score27023 · Lewisville
33.08Lowest score27110 · Winston-Salem
29.49Spreadpoints between highest & lowest ZIP

People & national context

#199Among 386 metrosby population-weighted average
62%Residents in below-average ZIPs0.42M of 0.69M, in ZIPs scoring under the national average (53.48)
0.69MResidents in the top 50 ZIPs100% of the metro
0.69MResidents in the bottom 50 ZIPs100% of the metro
0ZIPs in the national top 100

The Winston-Salem, NC metro's ZIP codes, ranked

Highest-scoring

Top 39 of 39
  1. 3,18827023in Lewisville · 14,414 residents62.58
  2. 3,39927104in Winston-Salem · 31,783 residents62.19
  3. 4,48127012in Clemmons · 30,543 residents60.49
  4. 4,57727040in Pfafftown · 12,665 residents60.37
  5. 4,80527006in Advance · 16,247 residents60.07
  6. 7,19827106in Winston-Salem · 49,670 residents57.09
  7. 7,32727103in Winston-Salem · 33,325 residents56.95
  8. 7,38327284in Kernersville · 58,065 residents56.89
  9. 7,57627109in Winston-Salem · 2,823 residents56.67
  10. 8,83427045in Rural Hall · 10,863 residents55.53
  11. 9,05827050in Tobaccoville · 3,823 residents55.33
  12. 12,78027043in Pinnacle · 6,295 residents52.48
  13. 13,20427021in King · 17,106 residents52.19
  14. 13,63427051in Walkertown · 7,873 residents51.86
  15. 13,73127053in Westfield · 3,068 residents51.78
  16. 13,98927127in Winston-Salem · 41,443 residents51.60
  17. 14,17327009in Belews Creek · 2,939 residents51.47
  18. 14,29927018in East Bend · 7,388 residents51.39
  19. 15,01927028in Mocksville · 26,566 residents50.89
  20. 15,79727055in Yadkinville · 14,674 residents50.33
  21. 16,56727299in Linwood · 5,034 residents49.76
  22. 17,34027295in Lexington · 39,267 residents49.23
  23. 18,10627011in Boonville · 5,582 residents48.68
  24. 18,23927019in Germanton · 3,544 residents48.55
  25. 19,49028642in Jonesville · 5,602 residents47.56
  26. 19,49727016in Danbury · 1,900 residents47.55
  27. 20,99127022in Lawsonville · 1,285 residents46.30
  28. 21,15727292in Lexington · 40,311 residents46.16
  29. 21,32027052in Walnut Cove · 10,506 residents46.03
  30. 21,51427239in Denton · 7,954 residents45.83
  31. 21,74627101in Winston-Salem · 22,973 residents45.62
  32. 22,03827360in Thomasville · 49,510 residents45.36
  33. 22,23027107in Winston-Salem · 50,769 residents45.17
  34. 22,56527014in Cooleemee · 939 residents44.86
  35. 23,51727042in Pine Hall · 278 residents43.89
  36. 25,03527046in Sandy Ridge · 2,032 residents42.21
  37. 27,78827020in Hamptonville · 6,207 residents38.39
  38. 28,53927105in Winston-Salem · 40,678 residents36.97
  39. 30,02127110in Winston-Salem · 2,181 residents33.08
Open the full Winston-Salem, NC metro ranking →One page, all 39 scored ZIPs — sortable by score, residents, or place

Where each domain sits inside this metro

The Score above is one number for the whole Winston-Salem, 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

8 of 39 ZIPs

Share of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.

Healthcare Access45%307,517 people

3 ZIP codes tie at this end: 27103 Winston-Salem27292 Lexington27360 Thomasville

Mental Health36%246,712 people

Standing highest: 27023 Lewisville27040 Pfafftown27104 Winston-Salem

Social Need / SDOH31%214,148 people

Standing highest: 27006 Advance27012 Clemmons27023 Lewisville

Chronic Disease Burden30%206,182 people

Standing highest: 27104 Winston-Salem27109 Winston-Salem27110 Winston-Salem

Disability29%199,865 people

Standing highest: 27023 Lewisville27104 Winston-Salem27109 Winston-Salem

Risk Behavior28%191,470 people

Standing highest: 27006 Advance27023 Lewisville27104 Winston-Salem

Preventive Care18%123,406 people

Standing highest: 27006 Advance27023 Lewisville27040 Pfafftown

Climate / Disaster Risk6%42,294 people

Standing highest: 27016 Danbury27022 Lawsonville27109 Winston-Salem

Environmental Hazard4%30,200 people

Standing highest: 27046 Sandy Ridge27053 Westfield27239 Denton

Each fifth is about 8 of this metro’s 39 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 688,125 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 Winston-Salem, 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.