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ZIP code

05769

in Salisbury, VermontPopulation 1,238

58.99/ 100

Ranked #5,598 of 32,066 US ZIPs (top 17%)

Ranked #77 of 249 Vermont ZIPs (top 31%)

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

Broad coverage across 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.

Park land

16.1%

in the top 8.4% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST88th
US92nd
Definition & source ›

The share of this ZIP’s land area that is public parkland.

Full methodology ›

Short sleep

29.8%

in the bottom 8.8% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST46th
US9th
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults who usually sleep less than seven hours in a 24-hour period.

Full methodology ›

Colon-cancer screening

72.5%

in the top 8.9% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST77th
US91st
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults aged 45–75 who are up to date on colorectal-cancer screening.

Full methodology ›

Diabetes

9.1%

in the bottom 9.4% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST34th
US9th
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults who have been diagnosed with diabetes.

Full methodology ›

Fatal road crashes

24.2 per 100,000 residents per year

in the top 20% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST91st
US80th
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 ›

Distance to a Superfund site

33.9 mi

in the top 24% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST96th
US76th
Definition & source ›

The distance in miles from this ZIP’s edge to the nearest Superfund site — an abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous-waste site the EPA has listed for cleanup.

Full methodology ›

Air-toxics cancer risk

20 per million

in the bottom 25% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST1st
US25th
Definition & source ›

The EPA’s modeled estimate of added lifetime cancer risk from breathing outdoor air toxics, in cases per million people exposed over a lifetime.

Full methodology ›

Distance to a hazardous-chemical facility

Under 0.1 mi

in the bottom 31% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST10th
US31st
Definition & source ›

The distance in miles from this ZIP’s edge to the nearest facility that handles enough hazardous chemicals to require an EPA risk-management plan for accidental releases.

Full methodology ›

The read

Judged by its overall standing, Salisbury, Vermont (ZIP 05769) sits in the top 17% healthiest ZIPs nationally (5,598th) and the top 31% of Vermont (77th), based on limited data; treat as directional.

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A few measures carry most of this area's good news: park land sits in the top 8.4% nationally, and modeled short sleep stands in the bottom 8.8% nationally. Modeled extreme heat resides at the national minimum, shared with about 19% of ZIPs. Modeled obesity sits in the bottom 12.7% nationally, and colon screening stands in the top 8.9% nationally. Modeled diabetes resides in the bottom 9.4% nationally, and fair or poor health sits in the bottom 12.7% nationally. Modeled disaster risk stands in the bottom 15% nationally, and poverty resides in the bottom 16% nationally. Modeled cognitive disability sits in the bottom 15% nationally.

Placed beside its immediate neighbors, park land runs far higher than the surrounding ZIPs on this measure. Put plainly, disaster risk is the area's national rank on its highest non-flood peril in FEMA's modeled Risk Index, like wildfire or quake. Extreme heat is a modeled count of days a year reaching a dangerously high temperature, a leading weather hazard. A healthier nearby ZIP overall is ZIP 05753, just across the boundary.

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

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 62%

21%

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 92%

14%

Preventive Care

healthier than 86%

13%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 92%

11%

Disability

healthier than 77%

7%

Climate / Disaster RiskPartial

healthier than 93%

5%

About typical

Mental Health

healthier than 58%

8%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 45%

5%

Holding it back

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 24%

16%

Lifting this score

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 98%

14%

Preventive Care

healthier than 76%

13%

Mental Health

healthier than 76%

8%

Climate / Disaster RiskPartial

healthier than 64%

5%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 61%

5%

About typical

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 40%

21%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 54%

11%

Disability

healthier than 54%

7%

Holding it back

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 39%

16%

“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 adults31.3%28.1–34.6
High blood pressure among adults34.7%31.1–38.5
Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults10.9%9.8–12.0
Current asthma among adults11.1%9.7–12.5
Coronary heart disease among adults6.7%5.7–7.8
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults6.8%5.5–8.4
Depression among adults24.7%21.4–28.1
Diagnosed diabetes among adults9.1%7.6–10.7
High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened35.8%32.2–39.2
Obesity among adults28.5%23.8–33.5
Stroke among adults3.6%3.1–4.2
All teeth lost among adults aged >=65 years14.8%12.0–17.8
PreventionCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years5.8%4.2–7.7
Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure78.1%74.9–81.0
Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults79.6%76.7–82.4
Cholesterol screening among adults88.4%86.4–90.3
Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years72.5%68.6–76.0
Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults67.7%64.6–70.7
Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years79.1%73.5–83.9
Health Risk BehaviorsCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Binge drinking among adults15.3%13.0–17.9
Current cigarette smoking among adults11.1%8.5–14.0
No leisure-time physical activity among adults19.1%15.2–23.4
Short sleep duration among adults29.8%25.8–33.8
Health StatusCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults14.8%12.0–18.1
Frequent mental distress among adults14.8%12.7–16.9
Frequent physical distress among adults12.9%11.0–15.1
DisabilityCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Cognitive disability among adults11.7%9.7–14.0
Any disability among adults25.3%21.4–29.7
Hearing disability among adults8.3%7.1–9.5
Independent living disability among adults6.7%5.5–8.1
Mobility disability among adults11.5%9.3–14.0
Self-care disability among adults3.2%2.6–3.9
Vision disability among adults3.9%3.2–4.6
Community & economyCensus ACS 5-Year · 2024 release · observed
MeasureValueUS median (p10–p90)VT median (p10–p90)
Poverty rate4.5%10.6% (3.1–25.8%) n=32,3647.8% (2.6–16.6%) n=249
Uninsured 18–649.6%9.0% (1.5–24.3%) n=32,2865.1% (0.5–11.7%) n=249
No HS diploma (25+)8.2%7.9% (1.8–20.7%) n=32,5054.4% (1.1–10.6%) n=249
Bachelor's or higher (25+)35.7%23.3% (9.2–53.6%) n=32,50537.6% (23.1–61.5%) n=249
Unemployment rate (16+)5.7%3.9% (0.0–9.8%) n=32,2742.5% (0.0–6.9%) n=248
Households without a vehicle2.9%3.9% (0.0–12.5%) n=32,3222.7% (0.0–9.1%) n=249
Broadband subscription80.9%89.3% (75.1–97.1%) n=32,32290.2% (79.4–96.9%) n=249
Housing cost burden (≥30% income)19.7%23.7% (10.6–40.0%) n=32,32228.2% (16.0–37.4%) n=249
Homeownership rate89.1%78.7% (51.7–94.0%) n=32,32283.7% (67.1–94.3%) n=249
Crowded housing (>1 per room)2.0%1.3% (0.0–6.3%) n=32,3220.5% (0.0–4.2%) n=249
Foreign-born population1.1%2.6% (0.0–18.6%) n=32,5532.4% (0.0–7.3%) n=250
Single-parent households66.7%53.6% (37.3–74.1%) n=32,08760.6% (46.4–74.0%) n=248
Population 65+30.1%19.4% (10.8–33.6%) n=32,55323.8% (15.2–32.4%) n=250
Median age50.3 yr42.2 yr (33.0–56.3) n=32,29246.5 yr (38.1–56.3) n=249
Median household income$99,792$72,070 ($46,039–$118,707) n=30,318$79,091 ($59,484–$109,843) n=238
Median home value$316,000$222,200 ($100,300–$579,820) n=30,049$281,300 ($200,110–$447,750) n=242
Median gross rent$1,443$1,021 ($677–$1,912) n=25,670$1,131 ($858–$1,557) n=190
Life expectancyNCHS / RWJF USALEEP · model-based
MeasureValueUS median (p10–p90)VT median (p10–p90)
Life expectancy at birth79.3 yr ± 2.6478.9 yr (74.7–82.8) n=31,30882.0 yr (78.6–85.9) n=250

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 2.64 years of 79.3, 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