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ZIP code

32193

in Welaka, FloridaPopulation 1,236

34.10/ 100

Ranked #29,701 of 32,066 US ZIPs (bottom 7.4%)

Ranked #951 of 974 Florida ZIPs (bottom 2.4%)

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.

Coronary heart disease

15.3%

in the top 0.2% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST99th
US99th
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 ›

Stroke

7.7%

in the top 0.5% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST99th
US99th
Definition & source ›

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

Full methodology ›

Hearing disability

14.4%

in the top 0.7% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST99th
US99th
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults who are deaf or have serious difficulty hearing.

Full methodology ›

Diabetes

22.4%

in the top 1.5% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST99th
US99th
Definition & source ›

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

Full methodology ›

Mobility disability

28.1%

in the top 1.1% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST99th
US99th
Definition & source ›

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

Full methodology ›

Self-care disability

8.1%

in the top 2.6% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST98th
US97th
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults with difficulty dressing or bathing.

Full methodology ›

High cholesterol

48.2%

in the top 0.8% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST95th
US99th
Definition & source ›

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

Full methodology ›

High blood pressure

52.4%

in the top 1.7% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST99th
US98th
Definition & source ›

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

Full methodology ›

Crowded housing

18.2%

in the top 1.5% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST99th
US99th
Definition & source ›

The share of occupied homes with more than one person per room, the Census definition of crowded housing.

Full methodology ›

Vision disability

10.4%

in the top 4.1% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST95th
US96th
Definition & source ›

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

Full methodology ›

Cross-source signals

Combined exposures in this ZIP

More than one environmental exposure stands out in this ZIP. Each is established independently and shown on its own above; they are grouped here for context — not because one causes the other.

Health need and barriers to care documented here

On our reading, this ZIP code carries the overlap at its acute level: acute means at least three of the six health-need readings and at least three of the six access barriers apply to the same place.

These are two separate readings of public data that both apply to this place — never a claim that one causes the other, never a severity score, and never a statement about any person who lives here.

Health need documented here

  • People without health insurance
  • Adults reporting fair or poor health
  • Chronic conditions

Barriers to reaching care

  • Thin local supply of pharmacies
  • Households with no vehicle
  • Limited home internet for telehealth

A reading appears below only where this ZIP code is among the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes on it — one national bar, the same for every ZIP in the country.

See the full care-deserts analysis →

The read

Welaka, Florida (ZIP 32193), by its overall standing, sits in the bottom 7.4% nationally (29,701st) and the bottom 2.4% of Florida (951st).

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The measures that shape daily life here come through in the data: modeled coronary heart disease stands in the top 0.2% nationally, stroke lands in the top 0.5% nationally, and hearing disability is in the top 0.7% nationally. Modeled diabetes resides in the top 1.5% nationally, mobility disability rests in the top 1.1% nationally, and self-care disability lies in the top 2.6% nationally. Modeled high cholesterol sits in the top 0.8% nationally, and high blood pressure settles in the top 1.7% nationally. Crowded housing registers in the top 1.5% nationally, and modeled vision disability stands in the top 4.1% nationally.

Held up against its neighbors, crowded housing runs far higher than the surrounding ZIPs on this measure. The nearest ZIP ranking healthier overall is ZIP 32134, just across the boundary. Looking wider, the ZIP also shows documented health need overlapping with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes on several need measures and several access barriers.

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 87%

14%

Mental Health

healthier than 73%

8%

About typical

Preventive Care

healthier than 44%

13%

Holding it back

Chronic Disease Burden

in the bottom 0.9%

21%

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 34%

16%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 25%

11%

Disability

healthier than 2%

7%

Climate / Disaster Risk

healthier than 6%

5%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 24%

5%

Lifting this score

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 84%

14%

About typical

Preventive Care

healthier than 59%

13%

Holding it back

Chronic Disease Burden

in the bottom 0.6%

21%

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 11%

16%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 21%

11%

Mental Health

healthier than 39%

8%

Disability

in the bottom 0.9%

7%

Climate / Disaster Risk

healthier than 36%

5%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 7%

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 87.5; chronic-disease standing 0.8 (bottom 1%) — 87 points apart, cleaner on the environment than it is on chronic illness.

    Ranked #214 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 adults42.4%38.6–46.3
High blood pressure among adults52.4%48.0–56.6
Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults13.7%12.4–15.1
Current asthma among adults10.9%9.7–12.3
Coronary heart disease among adults15.3%13.6–17.1
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults17.0%14.7–19.7
Depression among adults18.5%15.8–21.6
Diagnosed diabetes among adults22.4%19.7–25.2
High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened48.2%43.8–52.7
Obesity among adults33.4%27.2–40.0
Stroke among adults7.7%6.8–8.6
All teeth lost among adults aged >=65 years22.7%19.1–26.8
PreventionCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years15.8%13.1–18.7
Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure85.7%83.3–87.8
Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults82.8%80.0–85.4
Cholesterol screening among adults88.2%86.7–89.6
Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years66.5%61.5–71.1
Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults45.3%41.8–48.6
Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years73.3%66.1–79.7
Health Risk BehaviorsCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Binge drinking among adults10.1%8.2–12.2
Current cigarette smoking among adults21.3%18.1–24.7
No leisure-time physical activity among adults36.7%31.6–42.3
Short sleep duration among adults39.0%33.4–44.7
Health StatusCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults33.0%29.0–37.5
Frequent mental distress among adults17.5%15.5–19.6
Frequent physical distress among adults21.9%19.3–24.7
DisabilityCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Cognitive disability among adults17.6%15.4–19.9
Any disability among adults45.2%40.3–50.3
Hearing disability among adults14.4%12.8–16.2
Independent living disability among adults13.6%12.0–15.6
Mobility disability among adults28.1%24.7–31.9
Self-care disability among adults8.1%7.1–9.3
Vision disability among adults10.4%9.2–11.8
Community & economyCensus ACS 5-Year · 2024 release · observed
MeasureValueUS median (p10–p90)FL median (p10–p90)
Poverty rate23.7%10.6% (3.1–25.8%) n=32,36411.4% (5.3–23.2%) n=972
Uninsured 18–6413.3%9.0% (1.5–24.3%) n=32,28615.9% (7.1–27.2%) n=968
No HS diploma (25+)10.5%7.9% (1.8–20.7%) n=32,5058.7% (2.9–20.6%) n=977
Bachelor's or higher (25+)12.2%23.3% (9.2–53.6%) n=32,50529.1% (12.7–56.0%) n=977
Unemployment rate (16+)6.2%3.9% (0.0–9.8%) n=32,2744.4% (1.8–7.7%) n=968
Households without a vehicle28.2%3.9% (0.0–12.5%) n=32,3224.3% (1.2–11.0%) n=972
Broadband subscription70.0%89.3% (75.1–97.1%) n=32,32291.9% (83.2–96.9%) n=972
Housing cost burden (≥30% income)29.4%23.7% (10.6–40.0%) n=32,32233.2% (20.1–47.6%) n=972
Homeownership rate80.2%78.7% (51.7–94.0%) n=32,32274.9% (47.3–90.5%) n=972
Crowded housing (>1 per room)18.2%1.3% (0.0–6.3%) n=32,3222.2% (0.2–6.7%) n=972
Foreign-born population0.9%2.6% (0.0–18.6%) n=32,55311.5% (2.3–39.9%) n=977
Single-parent households71.3%53.6% (37.3–74.1%) n=32,08752.8% (38.7–75.3%) n=968
Population 65+41.6%19.4% (10.8–33.6%) n=32,55320.4% (11.9–40.6%) n=977
Median age59.8 yr42.2 yr (33.0–56.3) n=32,29243.0 yr (35.1–59.8) n=972
Median household income$56,528$72,070 ($46,039–$118,707) n=30,318$72,857 ($48,246–$112,420) n=946
Median home value$280,600$222,200 ($100,300–$579,820) n=30,049$334,600 ($168,120–$631,410) n=932
Median gross rent$1,000$1,021 ($677–$1,912) n=25,670$1,604 ($968–$2,218) n=901
Life expectancyNCHS / RWJF USALEEP · model-based
MeasureValueUS median (p10–p90)FL median (p10–p90)
Life expectancy at birth75.4 yr ± 1.4878.9 yr (74.7–82.8) n=31,30878.2 yr (74.6–82.2) n=894

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 1.48 years of 75.4, 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