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04010

in Brownfield, MainePopulation 1,830

ZipVitals Score
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47.34/ 100

Ranked #19,743 of 32,066 US ZIPs (bottom 38%)

Ranked #225 of 408 Maine ZIPs (bottom 45%)

Ranks are modeled estimates — ZIPs a few hundred places apart are effectively tied.

Robust across all 9 health domains

What defines this ZIP

Metrics where this ZIP sits in the tails of the national distribution — the ones that most set it apart. Select any tile for its definition and methodology.

Industrial-pollution burden

in the bottom 4.1% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST8th
US4th
Definition & source ›

The EPA’s modeled screening score for industrial chemical releases, weighting the amounts released by their toxicity and how many people live nearby — a relative comparison score, not a measured exposure.

Full methodology ›

Mammography

81.8%

in the top 4.4% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST83rd
US96th
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of women aged 50–74 who had a mammogram within the past two years.

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Civic-institution access

0.61 per 1,000 residents

in the top 9.4% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST89th
US91st
Definition & source ›

The number of civic and social organizations inside this ZIP’s boundary, per 1,000 residents.

Counted from establishments located inside this ZIP’s boundary, so one just across the line is not counted. Where a ZIP has too few residents for the density to be reliable, no value is published rather than an unreliable one.

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Tree cover

69.5%

in the top 9.4% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST79th
US91st
Definition & source ›

The share of this ZIP’s land area covered by forest.

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Energy-cost burden

5.0%

in the top 8.8% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST55th
US91st
Definition & source ›

The modeled share of household income spent on home energy bills — electricity, gas, and heating fuels.

A modeled share of household income spent on home energy. Estimates that hit the model’s 100% ceiling are suppressed rather than published, because at that point the figure reflects the model’s limit rather than a measured burden.

Full methodology ›

Unemployment rate

8.3%

in the top 14.1% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST90th
US86th
Definition & source ›

The share of the civilian labor force that is unemployed.

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Fatal road crashes

27.3 per 100,000 residents per year

in the top 16% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST91st
US84th
Definition & source ›

The annual rate of fatal road crashes per 100,000 residents, pooled over a ten-year window.

A rate per resident population. Where a ZIP has too few residents for the rate to be reliable — about 30% of US ZIPs — no value is published rather than an unstable one; those ZIPs are absent from this comparison, not counted as crash-free.

Full methodology ›

Fine-particle (PM2.5) exceedance

0.27%

in the top 32% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST92nd
US68th
Definition & source ›

The share of days in the year when modeled fine-particle (PM2.5) pollution was above the EPA’s daily limit of 35 micrograms per cubic meter.

Full methodology ›

The read

Overall, Brownfield, Maine (ZIP 04010) lands in the bottom 38% nationally (19,743rd) and the bottom 45% of Maine (225th).

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A number of measures pull each way for this area: modeled industrial-pollution burden rests in the bottom 4.1% nationally, and mammography stands in the top 4.4% nationally. Civic lies in the top 9.4% nationally, and modeled tree cover lands in the top 9.4% nationally. Modeled extreme heat sits at the national minimum, shared with about 19% of ZIPs. Distance to a hazardous-chemical facility is in the top 11.4% nationally. Set against that, fiber broadband settles at the national minimum, shared with about 19% of ZIPs. Modeled energy burden resides in the top 8.8% nationally, unemployment registers in the top 14.1% nationally, and fatal road crashes rests in the top 16% nationally.

Set beside the nearby areas, park land runs far higher than the surrounding ZIPs on this measure. A note on the terms: industrial-pollution burden is the EPA's modeled screening score weighting industrial chemical releases by their toxicity and how many people live nearby. Distance to a hazardous-chemical facility is a plant handling large amounts of hazardous chemicals that must file an EPA risk-management plan for accidental releases. Extreme heat is a modeled count of days a year reaching a dangerously high temperature, a leading weather hazard. For a healthier nearby comparison, ZIP 03813, just across the boundary, ranks better overall.

What’s driving this score

Nine domains make up the ZipVitals Score — here is how this ZIP does on each, and how much each one counts.

Compared with the ZIP codes measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes.

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Lifting this score

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 69%

14%

Preventive Care

healthier than 74%

13%

About typical

Risk Behavior

healthier than 56%

11%

Disability

healthier than 46%

7%

Climate / Disaster Risk

healthier than 59%

5%

Holding it back

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 25%

21%

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 12%

16%

Mental Health

healthier than 25%

8%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 29%

5%

Nothing measured is lifting this score.

About typical

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 54%

14%

Mental Health

healthier than 54%

8%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 41%

5%

Holding it back

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 32%

21%

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 18%

16%

Preventive Care

healthier than 35%

13%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 28%

11%

Disability

healthier than 38%

7%

Climate / Disaster Risk

healthier than 39%

5%

“Share” is how much of this ZIP’s score the domain accounts for. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain. How the score works, and who it compares you with ›

Nearby & similar ZIPs

Editorially selected — see how this ZIP compares to nearby and similar places.

How these were chosen: only ZIPs with a published Score appear — a nearby ZIP with too little data to score won’t. Nearby means closest by distance between ZIP boundaries, which can cross state lines. A similar health profile is a close match across the nine Score domains, not similar demographics. Distances are measured between ZIP boundaries — ZIPs that touch share a border. How distance is measured

Evidence

Every measure this page draws on, by source. Collapsed by default — the full data stays in the page for search engines either way.

Health OutcomesCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Arthritis among adults34.3%31.4–37.5
High blood pressure among adults36.6%33.5–40.1
Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults9.9%8.9–11.0
Current asthma among adults13.4%12.0–14.9
Coronary heart disease among adults8.1%7.1–9.2
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults9.7%8.1–11.5
Depression among adults26.2%23.3–29.5
Diagnosed diabetes among adults12.8%11.1–14.7
High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened40.8%37.7–44.2
Obesity among adults34.6%30.2–39.7
Stroke among adults3.9%3.4–4.5
All teeth lost among adults aged >=65 years17.6%14.9–20.8
PreventionCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years8.1%6.2–10.4
Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure77.0%74.1–79.8
Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults81.5%78.7–84.1
Cholesterol screening among adults87.5%85.4–89.5
Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years67.6%63.4–71.5
Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults57.4%54.2–60.7
Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years81.8%76.4–86.3
Health Risk BehaviorsCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Binge drinking among adults15.9%13.5–18.5
Current cigarette smoking among adults17.1%13.9–20.5
No leisure-time physical activity among adults23.4%19.7–27.5
Short sleep duration among adults34.7%30.4–39.1
Health StatusCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults20.6%17.4–24.0
Frequent mental distress among adults17.6%15.5–19.9
Frequent physical distress among adults15.9%13.9–18.2
DisabilityCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Cognitive disability among adults16.1%13.9–18.6
Any disability among adults31.2%27.3–35.4
Hearing disability among adults8.4%7.4–9.5
Independent living disability among adults8.8%7.5–10.2
Mobility disability among adults14.8%12.5–17.3
Self-care disability among adults4.1%3.5–4.9
Vision disability among adults4.9%4.2–5.7
Health-Related Social NeedsCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Lack of social and emotional support among adults24.1%20.8–27.5
Food insecurity in the past 12 months among adults12.5%9.8–15.4
Received food stamps in the past 12 months among adults16.5%12.9–20.2
Housing insecurity in the past 12 months among adults11.3%9.2–13.6
Lack of reliable transportation in the past 12 months among adults8.3%6.9–9.7
Loneliness among adults31.8%28.0–35.6
Utility services shut-off threat in the past 12 months among adults8.5%7.0–10.0
Community & economyCensus ACS 5-Year · 2024 release · observed
MeasureValueUS median (p10–p90)ME median (p10–p90)
Poverty rate8.1%10.6% (3.1–25.8%) n=32,36410.3% (3.2–19.5%) n=416
Uninsured 18–6417.3%9.0% (1.5–24.3%) n=32,2869.8% (3.0–20.9%) n=413
No HS diploma (25+)8.2%7.9% (1.8–20.7%) n=32,5055.2% (0.8–11.7%) n=417
Bachelor's or higher (25+)25.3%23.3% (9.2–53.6%) n=32,50529.4% (14.9–57.3%) n=417
Unemployment rate (16+)8.3%3.9% (0.0–9.8%) n=32,2743.1% (0.0–8.3%) n=415
Households without a vehicle5.1%3.9% (0.0–12.5%) n=32,3223.7% (0.0–11.5%) n=416
Broadband subscription83.8%89.3% (75.1–97.1%) n=32,32289.9% (79.7–97.2%) n=416
Housing cost burden (≥30% income)30.9%23.7% (10.6–40.0%) n=32,32223.4% (13.9–35.0%) n=416
Homeownership rate87.7%78.7% (51.7–94.0%) n=32,32284.7% (68.7–95.5%) n=416
Crowded housing (>1 per room)2.7%1.3% (0.0–6.3%) n=32,3220.8% (0.0–3.4%) n=416
Foreign-born population2.0%2.6% (0.0–18.6%) n=32,5532.1% (0.1–5.9%) n=417
Single-parent households47.2%53.6% (37.3–74.1%) n=32,08761.5% (48.8–80.6%) n=414
Population 65+18.5%19.4% (10.8–33.6%) n=32,55324.6% (16.3–42.1%) n=417
Median age39.9 yr42.2 yr (33.0–56.3) n=32,29249.0 yr (39.3–60.7) n=413
Median household income$60,889$72,070 ($46,039–$118,707) n=30,318$68,485 ($50,225–$100,018) n=396
Median home value$287,500$222,200 ($100,300–$579,820) n=30,049$246,500 ($130,660–$484,830) n=402
Median gross rent$1,617$1,021 ($677–$1,912) n=25,670$1,014 ($618–$1,501) n=320
Life expectancyNCHS / RWJF USALEEP · model-based
MeasureValueUS median (p10–p90)ME median (p10–p90)
Life expectancy at birth76.5 yr ± 1.6978.9 yr (74.7–82.8) n=31,30879.0 yr (76.1–82.5) n=363

About the ± — it’s this estimate’s give-or-take (statisticians call it the standard error). The true life expectancy for this ZIP most likely falls within 1.69 years of 76.5, and it’s very unlikely to be off by more than twice that.

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How these lists were built: they draw only from ZIPs that have a published Score, so ZIPs with too little data to score are not listed. Distance-based lists use distance between ZIP boundaries with no state filter, so an out-of-state ZIP can appear. Statistically similar means a close match across the nine Score domains, not a demographic match: the measure is the cosine similarity between two ZIPs’ domain scores, taken over the domains both ZIPs have data for and only where that overlap covers at least six of the nine — and where no ZIP clears that minimum-overlap floor, that list is left out rather than filled with a weak match. How distance is measured