ZIP code

04353

in Whitefield, MainePopulation 2,115

ZipVitals Score

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50.25/ 100

Ranked #15,896 of 32,066 US ZIPs (top 50%)

Ranked #182 of 408 Maine ZIPs (top 45%)

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

Robust across all 9 health domains

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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.

Child-care access

0.86 per 1,000 residents

in the top 3.3% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST91st

US97th

Definition & source ›

The number of child day-care services 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.

Full methodology ›

The read

Whitefield, Maine (ZIP 04353), overall, ranks in the top 50% healthiest ZIPs nationally (15,896th) and the top 45% of Maine (182nd).

This area's strengths are easy to pick out across the measures: childcare lies in the top 3.3% nationally. Modeled extreme heat stands at the national minimum, shared with about 19% of ZIPs. Modeled short sleep rests in the bottom 10.1% nationally. Distance to a community health center registers at the national minimum, shared with about 23% of ZIPs. Modeled tree cover resides in the top 12.7% nationally, and homeownership settles in the top 14.5% nationally. Modeled humid heat is in the bottom 16% nationally. Working the other way, modeled arsenic sits in the top 11.5% nationally, and energy burden lands in the top 13.3% nationally. Recreation lies at the national minimum, shared with about 35% of ZIPs.

Defined simply, arsenic is a natural groundwater contaminant, here a modeled estimate of the chance private-well levels exceed a benchmark. Extreme heat is a modeled count of days a year reaching a dangerously high temperature, a leading weather hazard. Distance to a community health center is a federally funded (HRSA) community health center serving everyone regardless of ability to pay. ZIP 04363, just across the boundary, comes out healthier 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.

Compare withinUnited StatesMaine

DomainHow this ZIP comparesShare

Lifting this score

healthier than most of the United States

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 85%

14%

Preventive Care

healthier than 74%

13%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 83%

11%

Climate / Disaster Risk

healthier than 81%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 61%

About typical

close to the middle of the United States

Disability

healthier than 48%

Holding it back

less healthy than most of the United States

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 30%

21%

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 27%

16%

Mental Health

healthier than 13%

DomainHow this ZIP comparesShare

Lifting this score

healthier than most of Maine

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 76%

14%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 63%

11%

Climate / Disaster Risk

healthier than 76%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 85%

About typical

close to the middle of Maine

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 42%

21%

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 46%

16%

Disability

healthier than 42%

Holding it back

less healthy than most of Maine

Preventive Care

healthier than 37%

13%

Mental Health

healthier than 24%

“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 ›

Findings that name this ZIP

One of our published findings lists this ZIP code. Each finding compares one published measure against a stated benchmark, and names only the ZIP codes whose estimates are reliable enough to rank. See all surprising findings.

Clean environment, heavy chronic burden
Where the environment and chronic illness point in opposite directions
Environmental-hazard standing 85.4; chronic-disease standing 30.3 — 55 points apart, cleaner on the environment than it is on chronic illness.
Ranked #2,106 of the 18,187 ZIP codes this finding names, ordered by the gap from cleanest environment to heaviest chronic burden, highest first.

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

Measure	Crude prevalence	95% CI
Arthritis among adults	35.9%	32.6–39.2
High blood pressure among adults	38.0%	34.4–41.5
Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults	10.2%	9.2–11.4
Current asthma among adults	12.9%	11.3–14.4
Coronary heart disease among adults	8.1%	7.0–9.2
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults	9.4%	7.6–11.2
Depression among adults	28.5%	25.0–31.8
Diagnosed diabetes among adults	12.2%	10.4–14.1
High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened	40.2%	36.7–43.6
Obesity among adults	33.5%	28.5–38.4
Stroke among adults	3.9%	3.3–4.5
All teeth lost among adults aged >=65 years	12.6%	10.4–15.1

PreventionCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS

Measure	Crude prevalence	95% CI
Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years	8.3%	6.2–10.6
Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure	77.4%	74.4–80.2
Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults	82.0%	79.1–84.5
Cholesterol screening among adults	87.1%	85.0–89.1
Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years	70.9%	66.9–74.8
Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults	65.3%	62.3–68.3
Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years	75.8%	69.5–81.5

Health Risk BehaviorsCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS

Measure	Crude prevalence	95% CI
Binge drinking among adults	13.9%	11.7–16.3
Current cigarette smoking among adults	16.1%	12.7–19.7
No leisure-time physical activity among adults	23.0%	19.0–27.4
Short sleep duration among adults	30.1%	26.2–34.3

Health StatusCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS

Measure	Crude prevalence	95% CI
Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults	20.1%	16.7–23.8
Frequent mental distress among adults	18.3%	15.8–20.7
Frequent physical distress among adults	15.3%	13.1–17.6

DisabilityCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS

Measure	Crude prevalence	95% CI
Cognitive disability among adults	15.9%	13.3–18.4
Any disability among adults	32.8%	28.4–37.4
Hearing disability among adults	8.5%	7.5–9.7
Independent living disability among adults	8.4%	7.1–9.9
Mobility disability among adults	15.3%	12.7–18.1
Self-care disability among adults	3.9%	3.3–4.7
Vision disability among adults	4.8%	4.1–5.7

Health-Related Social NeedsCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS

Measure	Crude prevalence	95% CI
Lack of social and emotional support among adults	23.3%	19.9–27.0
Food insecurity in the past 12 months among adults	11.6%	8.9–14.5
Received food stamps in the past 12 months among adults	16.0%	12.4–19.8
Housing insecurity in the past 12 months among adults	10.6%	8.5–12.8
Lack of reliable transportation in the past 12 months among adults	8.0%	6.6–9.5
Loneliness among adults	31.1%	27.2–35.1
Utility services shut-off threat in the past 12 months among adults	8.0%	6.6–9.4

Community & economyCensus ACS 5-Year · 2024 release · observed

Measure	Value	US median (p10–p90)	ME median (p10–p90)
Poverty rate	7.1%	10.6% (3.1–25.8%) n=32,364	10.3% (3.2–19.5%) n=416
Uninsured 18–64	14.0%	9.0% (1.5–24.3%) n=32,286	9.8% (3.0–20.9%) n=413
No HS diploma (25+)	11.3%	7.9% (1.8–20.7%) n=32,505	5.2% (0.8–11.7%) n=417
Bachelor's or higher (25+)	33.0%	23.3% (9.2–53.6%) n=32,505	29.4% (14.9–57.3%) n=417
Unemployment rate (16+)	1.3%	3.9% (0.0–9.8%) n=32,274	3.1% (0.0–8.3%) n=415
Households without a vehicle	2.6%	3.9% (0.0–12.5%) n=32,322	3.7% (0.0–11.5%) n=416
Broadband subscription	90.6%	89.3% (75.1–97.1%) n=32,322	89.9% (79.7–97.2%) n=416
Housing cost burden (≥30% income)	21.6%	23.7% (10.6–40.0%) n=32,322	23.4% (13.9–35.0%) n=416
Homeownership rate	91.5%	78.7% (51.7–94.0%) n=32,322	84.7% (68.7–95.5%) n=416
Crowded housing (>1 per room)	0.8%	1.3% (0.0–6.3%) n=32,322	0.8% (0.0–3.4%) n=416
Foreign-born population	0.9%	2.6% (0.0–18.6%) n=32,553	2.1% (0.1–5.9%) n=417
Single-parent households	68.3%	53.6% (37.3–74.1%) n=32,087	61.5% (48.8–80.6%) n=414
Population 65+	27.7%	19.4% (10.8–33.6%) n=32,553	24.6% (16.3–42.1%) n=417
Median age	51.2 yr	42.2 yr (33.0–56.3) n=32,292	49.0 yr (39.3–60.7) n=413
Median household income	$73,875	$72,070 ($46,039–$118,707) n=30,318	$68,485 ($50,225–$100,018) n=396
Median home value	$242,300	$222,200 ($100,300–$579,820) n=30,049	$246,500 ($130,660–$484,830) n=402
Median gross rent	$895	$1,021 ($677–$1,912) n=25,670	$1,014 ($618–$1,501) n=320

Life expectancyNCHS / RWJF USALEEP · model-based

Measure	Value	US median (p10–p90)	ME median (p10–p90)
Life expectancy at birth	77.3 yr ± 1.46	78.9 yr (74.7–82.8) n=31,308	79.0 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 1.46 years of 77.3, and it’s very unlikely to be off by more than twice that.

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as of 2026

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