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27970

in Roper, North CarolinaPopulation 2,439

ZipVitals Score
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38.12/ 100

Ranked #27,940 of 32,066 US ZIPs (bottom 12.9%)

Ranked #732 of 793 North Carolina ZIPs (bottom 7.7%)

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.

Stroke

6.7%

in the top 1.8% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST96th
US98th
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults who have been told by a health professional that they have had a stroke.

Full methodology ›

Diabetes

20.7%

in the top 2.8% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST97th
US97th
Definition & source ›

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

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High blood pressure

52.2%

in the top 1.8% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST97th
US98th
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults who have been told by a health professional that they have high blood pressure.

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Unemployment rate

22.4%

in the top 1.6% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST99th
US98th
Definition & source ›

The share of the civilian labor force that is unemployed.

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Binge drinking

10.2%

in the bottom 1.6% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST3rd
US2nd
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.

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Self-care disability

7.4%

in the top 4.4% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST94th
US96th
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults with difficulty dressing or bathing.

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Mobility disability

25.1%

in the top 3.4% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST97th
US97th
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults with serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs.

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Households without a vehicle

19.7%

in the top 4.6% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST99th
US95th
Definition & source ›

The share of households with no vehicle available.

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Coronary heart disease

10.9%

in the top 4.7% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST96th
US95th
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults who have been told by a health professional that they have coronary heart disease or angina.

Full methodology ›

Vision disability

9.2%

in the top 6.9% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST92nd
US93rd
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults who are blind or have serious difficulty seeing even with glasses.

Full methodology ›

The read

Roper, North Carolina (ZIP 27970), overall, ranks in the bottom 12.9% nationally (27,940th) and the bottom 7.7% of North Carolina (732nd).

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Reading across the data, the real pressures come first: modeled stroke lies in the top 1.8% nationally, diabetes stands in the top 2.8% nationally, and high blood pressure rests in the top 1.8% nationally. Unemployment registers in the top 1.6% nationally, modeled self-care disability resides in the top 4.4% nationally, and modeled mobility disability settles in the top 3.4% nationally. Households without a vehicle is in the top 4.6% nationally, and modeled coronary heart disease sits in the top 4.7% nationally. Modeled vision disability lands in the top 6.9% nationally. More encouragingly, modeled binge drinking lies in the bottom 1.6% nationally.

Measured against the nearby ZIPs, outer-floodplain exposure runs far higher than the surrounding ZIPs on this measure. ZIP 27860, 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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Environmental Hazard

healthier than 78%

14%

Preventive Care

healthier than 82%

13%

About typical

Risk Behavior

healthier than 50%

11%

Mental Health

healthier than 48%

8%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 51%

5%

Holding it back

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 3%

21%

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 4%

16%

Disability

healthier than 6%

7%

Climate / Disaster Risk

healthier than 18%

5%

Lifting this score

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 63%

14%

Preventive Care

healthier than 76%

13%

Mental Health

healthier than 70%

8%

Holding it back

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 3%

21%

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 3%

16%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 30%

11%

Disability

healthier than 6%

7%

Climate / Disaster Risk

healthier than 14%

5%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 40%

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 77.6; chronic-disease standing 2.9 (bottom 10%) — 75 points apart, cleaner on the environment than it is on chronic illness.

    Ranked #780 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 adults38.6%34.5–42.6
High blood pressure among adults52.2%47.5–56.8
Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults9.5%8.5–10.5
Current asthma among adults12.2%10.7–13.8
Coronary heart disease among adults10.9%9.6–12.3
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults12.1%10.3–14.0
Depression among adults23.1%19.4–26.8
Diagnosed diabetes among adults20.7%18.1–23.5
High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened42.2%37.4–47.0
Obesity among adults43.1%34.0–52.2
Stroke among adults6.7%6.0–7.5
All teeth lost among adults aged >=65 years23.4%19.5–27.7
PreventionCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years11.5%9.5–13.9
Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure84.2%81.5–86.3
Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults84.8%81.7–87.5
Cholesterol screening among adults89.6%87.9–91.0
Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years67.7%62.2–72.8
Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults58.0%54.0–62.2
Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years77.8%69.7–84.4
Health Risk BehaviorsCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Binge drinking among adults10.2%8.1–12.4
Current cigarette smoking among adults18.4%15.5–21.7
No leisure-time physical activity among adults34.0%28.6–39.9
Short sleep duration among adults37.0%29.9–44.7
Health StatusCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults28.9%25.0–33.2
Frequent mental distress among adults17.0%14.9–19.3
Frequent physical distress among adults17.4%15.2–19.9
DisabilityCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Cognitive disability among adults17.2%14.9–19.8
Any disability among adults43.2%37.9–48.7
Hearing disability among adults10.3%9.0–11.6
Independent living disability among adults12.4%10.8–14.1
Mobility disability among adults25.1%21.8–28.6
Self-care disability among adults7.4%6.5–8.4
Vision disability among adults9.2%8.1–10.4
Health-Related Social NeedsCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Lack of social and emotional support among adults25.3%21.6–29.5
Food insecurity in the past 12 months among adults24.0%20.7–27.8
Received food stamps in the past 12 months among adults23.3%20.1–27.1
Housing insecurity in the past 12 months among adults17.0%14.7–19.7
Lack of reliable transportation in the past 12 months among adults12.0%10.5–13.7
Loneliness among adults33.4%28.4–39.0
Utility services shut-off threat in the past 12 months among adults12.6%11.0–14.6
Community & economyCensus ACS 5-Year · 2024 release · observed
MeasureValueUS median (p10–p90)NC median (p10–p90)
Poverty rate28.2%10.6% (3.1–25.8%) n=32,36413.0% (4.4–25.0%) n=793
Uninsured 18–6434.5%9.0% (1.5–24.3%) n=32,28614.5% (5.7–24.9%) n=794
No HS diploma (25+)12.0%7.9% (1.8–20.7%) n=32,50510.4% (3.1–19.8%) n=798
Bachelor's or higher (25+)22.0%23.3% (9.2–53.6%) n=32,50522.8% (10.7–53.4%) n=798
Unemployment rate (16+)22.4%3.9% (0.0–9.8%) n=32,2744.2% (0.0–9.1%) n=796
Households without a vehicle19.7%3.9% (0.0–12.5%) n=32,3223.9% (0.0–10.2%) n=793
Broadband subscription79.7%89.3% (75.1–97.1%) n=32,32287.6% (76.2–96.3%) n=793
Housing cost burden (≥30% income)21.8%23.7% (10.6–40.0%) n=32,32224.7% (14.1–36.5%) n=793
Homeownership rate68.8%78.7% (51.7–94.0%) n=32,32275.0% (52.7–89.7%) n=793
Crowded housing (>1 per room)0.1%1.3% (0.0–6.3%) n=32,3221.4% (0.0–4.5%) n=793
Foreign-born population0.2%2.6% (0.0–18.6%) n=32,5534.2% (0.0–12.9%) n=799
Single-parent households57.1%53.6% (37.3–74.1%) n=32,08751.8% (39.2–70.1%) n=790
Population 65+37.8%19.4% (10.8–33.6%) n=32,55319.7% (11.1–31.9%) n=799
Median age59.1 yr42.2 yr (33.0–56.3) n=32,29242.5 yr (33.3–55.7) n=797
Median household income$37,578$72,070 ($46,039–$118,707) n=30,318$65,030 ($44,419–$97,111) n=749
Median home value$132,200$222,200 ($100,300–$579,820) n=30,049$223,850 ($113,970–$452,990) n=758
Median gross rent$1,049$1,021 ($677–$1,912) n=25,670$957 ($715–$1,575) n=687
Life expectancyNCHS / RWJF USALEEP · model-based
MeasureValueUS median (p10–p90)NC median (p10–p90)
Life expectancy at birth76.9 yr ± 1.1078.9 yr (74.7–82.8) n=31,30877.3 yr (74.6–80.8) n=747

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 1.10 years of 76.9, 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