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19975

in Selbyville, DelawarePopulation 10,862

ZipVitals Score
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59.84/ 100

Ranked #4,981 of 32,066 US ZIPs (top 16%)

Ranked #17 of 64 Delaware ZIPs (top 27%)

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.

High cholesterol

51.1%

in the top 0.2% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST92nd
US99th
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults with high cholesterol, among those who have ever been screened for it.

Full methodology ›

Loneliness

26.9%

in the bottom 2.8% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST14th
US3rd
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults who report feeling lonely.

Full methodology ›

Housing insecurity

6.7%

in the bottom 5.4% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST17th
US5th
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults who experienced housing insecurity in the past 12 months.

Full methodology ›

Colon-cancer screening

74.9%

in the top 3.2% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST90th
US97th
Definition & source ›

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

Full methodology ›

Utility shut-off threat

4.3%

in the bottom 5.7% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST18th
US6th
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults whose household was threatened with a utility shut-off in the past 12 months.

Full methodology ›

Lack of transportation

4.8%

in the bottom 5.9% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST18th
US6th
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults who lacked reliable transportation in the past 12 months.

Full methodology ›

Cognitive disability

10.1%

in the bottom 5.4% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST17th
US5th
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults with serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions.

Full methodology ›

Grocery access

0.19 per 1,000 residents

in the top 8.0% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST91st
US92nd
Definition & source ›

The number of full supermarkets 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. ZipVitals’s food-access signal is derived from these in-ZIP densities — it is not USDA’s food-desert designation, which measures distance to the nearest supermarket. Where a leg is missing, a ZIP reads “not determinable,” never “not a food desert.”

Full methodology ›

Binge drinking

12.0%

in the bottom 6.8% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST11th
US7th
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults who report binge drinking — five or more drinks on one occasion for men, four or more for women.

Full methodology ›

Short sleep

29.6%

in the bottom 7.9% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST17th
US8th
Definition & source ›

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

Full methodology ›

The read

Selbyville, Delaware (ZIP 19975), overall, ranks in the top 16% healthiest ZIPs nationally (4,981st) and the top 27% of Delaware (17th).

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Reading the numbers as a whole, the picture lands somewhere in between: modeled loneliness sits in the bottom 2.8% nationally, housing insecurity lands in the bottom 5.4% nationally, and colon screening lies in the top 3.2% nationally. Modeled utility shutoff stands in the bottom 5.7% nationally, transportation rests in the bottom 5.9% nationally, and cognitive disability registers in the bottom 5.4% nationally. Grocery resides in the top 8.0% nationally, and modeled binge drinking settles in the bottom 6.8% nationally. Modeled short sleep is in the bottom 7.9% nationally. On the other side, modeled high cholesterol sits in the top 0.2% nationally.

Measured against the nearby ZIPs, park land runs far lower than the surrounding ZIPs on this measure. ZIP 19944, 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.

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Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 89%

16%

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 84%

14%

Preventive Care

healthier than 98%

13%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 93%

11%

Mental Health

healthier than 95%

8%

Disability

healthier than 68%

7%

Holding it back

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 22%

21%

Climate / Disaster Risk

healthier than 33%

5%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 23%

5%

Lifting this score

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 75%

16%

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 93%

14%

Preventive Care

healthier than 89%

13%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 84%

11%

Mental Health

healthier than 90%

8%

Disability

healthier than 64%

7%

Holding it back

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 21%

21%

Climate / Disaster Risk

healthier than 28%

5%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 11%

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 ›

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 84.1; chronic-disease standing 21.8 — 62 points apart, cleaner on the environment than it is on chronic illness.

    Ranked #1,576 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
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Arthritis among adults36.3%32.9–39.6
High blood pressure among adults44.5%40.7–48.2
Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults13.8%12.7–15.0
Current asthma among adults9.9%8.8–11.1
Coronary heart disease among adults9.1%8.2–10.1
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults8.2%7.3–9.3
Depression among adults19.0%16.3–21.8
Diagnosed diabetes among adults13.6%12.0–15.4
High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened51.1%47.0–55.1
Obesity among adults31.3%26.0–36.9
Stroke among adults4.2%3.9–4.6
All teeth lost among adults aged >=65 years9.3%7.8–11.3
PreventionCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years8.0%6.8–9.4
Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure85.4%83.0–87.5
Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults85.5%82.9–87.7
Cholesterol screening among adults92.2%91.1–93.2
Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years74.9%71.3–78.7
Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults67.3%64.1–70.8
Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years80.8%75.9–85.6
Health Risk BehaviorsCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Binge drinking among adults12.0%10.1–14.1
Current cigarette smoking among adults11.6%10.0–13.4
No leisure-time physical activity among adults25.1%21.5–29.0
Short sleep duration among adults29.6%25.4–34.5
Health StatusCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults17.3%15.2–19.6
Frequent mental distress among adults11.8%10.5–13.3
Frequent physical distress among adults13.8%12.3–15.4
DisabilityCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Cognitive disability among adults10.1%8.9–11.4
Any disability among adults29.7%26.3–33.4
Hearing disability among adults9.1%8.1–10.2
Independent living disability among adults6.9%6.1–7.7
Mobility disability among adults15.3%13.5–17.3
Self-care disability among adults3.5%3.1–3.8
Vision disability among adults4.4%3.9–4.8
Health-Related Social NeedsCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Lack of social and emotional support among adults17.5%15.1–20.1
Food insecurity in the past 12 months among adults8.8%7.6–10.3
Received food stamps in the past 12 months among adults6.8%5.6–8.0
Housing insecurity in the past 12 months among adults6.7%5.7–7.7
Lack of reliable transportation in the past 12 months among adults4.8%4.2–5.5
Loneliness among adults26.9%23.6–30.5
Utility services shut-off threat in the past 12 months among adults4.3%3.7–5.0
Community & economyCensus ACS 5-Year · 2024 release · observed
MeasureValueUS median (p10–p90)DE median (p10–p90)
Poverty rate4.4%10.6% (3.1–25.8%) n=32,3648.2% (2.4–16.7%) n=62
Uninsured 18–6413.6%9.0% (1.5–24.3%) n=32,2867.8% (3.2–18.9%) n=63
No HS diploma (25+)6.9%7.9% (1.8–20.7%) n=32,5058.1% (3.2–15.9%) n=63
Bachelor's or higher (25+)37.8%23.3% (9.2–53.6%) n=32,50531.1% (13.0–59.9%) n=63
Unemployment rate (16+)5.5%3.9% (0.0–9.8%) n=32,2744.6% (1.9–8.9%) n=63
Households without a vehicle3.6%3.9% (0.0–12.5%) n=32,3223.6% (0.0–9.1%) n=62
Broadband subscription93.2%89.3% (75.1–97.1%) n=32,32292.8% (85.5–97.0%) n=62
Housing cost burden (≥30% income)15.5%23.7% (10.6–40.0%) n=32,32225.1% (17.0–38.0%) n=62
Homeownership rate88.2%78.7% (51.7–94.0%) n=32,32281.6% (59.5–92.0%) n=62
Crowded housing (>1 per room)0.4%1.3% (0.0–6.3%) n=32,3221.1% (0.0–4.8%) n=62
Foreign-born population7.7%2.6% (0.0–18.6%) n=32,5537.1% (1.1–16.0%) n=64
Single-parent households75.5%53.6% (37.3–74.1%) n=32,08752.4% (43.2–77.6%) n=62
Population 65+39.7%19.4% (10.8–33.6%) n=32,55319.2% (13.0–42.2%) n=64
Median age59.6 yr42.2 yr (33.0–56.3) n=32,29241.5 yr (34.9–62.0) n=64
Median household income$88,568$72,070 ($46,039–$118,707) n=30,318$82,604 ($60,703–$125,491) n=61
Median home value$462,700$222,200 ($100,300–$579,820) n=30,049$322,500 ($243,800–$534,600) n=61
Median gross rent$1,037$1,021 ($677–$1,912) n=25,670$1,370 ($1,106–$1,655) n=55
Life expectancyNCHS / RWJF USALEEP · model-based
MeasureValueUS median (p10–p90)DE median (p10–p90)
Life expectancy at birth78.5 yr ± 0.7878.9 yr (74.7–82.8) n=31,30877.6 yr (75.5–81.2) n=61

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 0.78 years of 78.5, 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