ZIP code

37871

in Strawberry Plains, TennesseePopulation 9,926

ZipVitals Score

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44.79/ 100

Ranked #22,627 of 32,066 US ZIPs (bottom 29%)

Ranked #192 of 616 Tennessee ZIPs (top 31%)

Ranked #33 of 72 Knoxville, TN ZIPs (top 46%)

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.

Crowded housing

5.4%

in the top 12.5% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST93rd

US88th

Definition & source ›

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

Full methodology ›

PFAS in drinking water

48.4%

in the top 14.6% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST94th

US85th

Definition & source ›

The modeled probability that PFAS “forever chemicals” would be detected in untreated groundwater in this area, the source private wells draw on.

A modeled likelihood for untreated groundwater, the source drawn on by private wells, which are federally unregulated. It is not a measurement of treated water delivered by a public system, and it is not a test of any individual well.

Full methodology ›

The read

Strawberry Plains, Tennessee (ZIP 37871), by its composite score, sits in the bottom 29% nationally (22,627th) and the top 31% of Tennessee (192nd).

The measures fall on both sides for this area, fairly evenly: housing-cost burden lies in the bottom 14.8% nationally. Pulling the other way, crowded housing rests in the top 12.5% nationally, and modeled pfas resides in the top 14.6% nationally. Modeled humid heat is in the top 16% nationally, and industrial-pollution burden lands in the top 17% nationally. Physicians stands at the national minimum, shared with about 38% of ZIPs. Outer-floodplain exposure registers in the top 20% nationally, and fatal road crashes settles in the top 20% nationally. Childcare sits at the national minimum, shared with about 42% of ZIPs. Modeled cognitive disability lies in the top 22% nationally.

For anyone unfamiliar, pfas is the man-made "forever chemicals" that build up in the body and environment instead of breaking down; here a modeled estimate of the chance a private well contains them. Industrial-pollution burden is the EPA's modeled screening score weighting industrial chemical releases by their toxicity and how many people live nearby. Humid heat is a modeled heat-stress measure combining temperature, humidity, sun, and wind to gauge heat on the body outdoors. For a healthier comparison close by, see ZIP 37709, 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. Compare it against the US, this state and the Knoxville, TN metro area.

Compared with the ZIP codes measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes.

Compare withinUnited StatesTennesseeMetro area

DomainHow this ZIP comparesShare

Nothing measured is lifting this score.

About typical

close to the middle of the United States

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 53%

16%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 41%

11%

Climate / Disaster Risk

healthier than 44%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 47%

Holding it back

less healthy than most of the United States

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 40%

21%

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 39%

14%

Preventive Care

healthier than 35%

13%

Mental Health

healthier than 5%

Disability

healthier than 37%

DomainHow this ZIP comparesShare

Lifting this score

healthier than most of Tennessee

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 73%

21%

Preventive Care

healthier than 63%

13%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 72%

11%

Disability

healthier than 72%

About typical

close to the middle of Tennessee

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 54%

16%

Climate / Disaster Risk

healthier than 51%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 46%

Holding it back

less healthy than most of Tennessee

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 31%

14%

Mental Health

healthier than 37%

DomainHow this ZIP comparesShare

Lifting this score

healthier than most of this metro area

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 69%

21%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 61%

11%

Disability

healthier than 62%

About typical

close to the middle of this metro area

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 51%

14%

Preventive Care

healthier than 54%

13%

Holding it back

less healthy than most of this metro area

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 28%

16%

Mental Health

healthier than 39%

Climate / Disaster Risk

healthier than 35%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 25%

“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

Measure	Crude prevalence	95% CI
Arthritis among adults	33.1%	30.8–35.3
High blood pressure among adults	39.8%	37.0–42.3
Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults	9.4%	8.8–10.0
Current asthma among adults	11.0%	10.0–11.9
Coronary heart disease among adults	7.5%	6.9–8.1
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults	9.4%	8.4–10.3
Depression among adults	30.8%	28.1–33.4
Diagnosed diabetes among adults	13.2%	12.0–14.5
High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened	39.1%	36.4–41.8
Obesity among adults	36.5%	32.1–40.8
Stroke among adults	3.8%	3.5–4.0
All teeth lost among adults aged >=65 years	12.1%	10.5–14.1

PreventionCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS

Measure	Crude prevalence	95% CI
Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years	10.7%	9.2–12.2
Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure	76.8%	74.7–78.8
Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults	77.8%	75.4–80.1
Cholesterol screening among adults	86.8%	85.5–88.1
Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years	63.3%	59.9–66.6
Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults	59.3%	56.4–62.1
Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years	74.0%	68.7–78.8

Health Risk BehaviorsCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS

Measure	Crude prevalence	95% CI
Binge drinking among adults	15.0%	13.2–17.0
Current cigarette smoking among adults	18.6%	16.5–20.6
No leisure-time physical activity among adults	26.2%	23.3–29.0
Short sleep duration among adults	36.6%	32.8–40.8

Health StatusCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS

Measure	Crude prevalence	95% CI
Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults	22.2%	20.1–24.4
Frequent mental distress among adults	20.0%	18.3–21.5
Frequent physical distress among adults	15.8%	14.4–17.1

DisabilityCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS

Measure	Crude prevalence	95% CI
Cognitive disability among adults	17.8%	16.2–19.5
Any disability among adults	36.3%	33.3–39.2
Hearing disability among adults	8.4%	7.7–9.2
Independent living disability among adults	9.5%	8.6–10.3
Mobility disability among adults	16.7%	15.1–18.2
Self-care disability among adults	4.0%	3.6–4.3
Vision disability among adults	5.1%	4.7–5.6

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

Measure	Value	US median (p10–p90)	TN median (p10–p90)
Poverty rate	8.3%	10.6% (3.1–25.8%) n=32,364	13.8% (5.1–26.1%) n=609
Uninsured 18–64	16.2%	9.0% (1.5–24.3%) n=32,286	14.0% (5.9–24.0%) n=615
No HS diploma (25+)	13.6%	7.9% (1.8–20.7%) n=32,505	11.6% (4.2–19.5%) n=613
Bachelor's or higher (25+)	17.7%	23.3% (9.2–53.6%) n=32,505	19.0% (10.0–42.6%) n=613
Unemployment rate (16+)	1.6%	3.9% (0.0–9.8%) n=32,274	4.0% (0.4–9.6%) n=613
Households without a vehicle	1.5%	3.9% (0.0–12.5%) n=32,322	3.9% (0.3–10.1%) n=608
Broadband subscription	85.0%	89.3% (75.1–97.1%) n=32,322	86.7% (76.0–94.9%) n=608
Housing cost burden (≥30% income)	13.3%	23.7% (10.6–40.0%) n=32,322	21.4% (11.8–33.6%) n=608
Homeownership rate	74.4%	78.7% (51.7–94.0%) n=32,322	77.7% (53.4–91.5%) n=608
Crowded housing (>1 per room)	5.4%	1.3% (0.0–6.3%) n=32,322	1.5% (0.0–4.5%) n=608
Foreign-born population	0.3%	2.6% (0.0–18.6%) n=32,553	1.8% (0.0–8.3%) n=617
Single-parent households	51.6%	53.6% (37.3–74.1%) n=32,087	52.6% (39.1–68.7%) n=608
Population 65+	19.7%	19.4% (10.8–33.6%) n=32,553	19.0% (11.5–27.9%) n=617
Median age	41.9 yr	42.2 yr (33.0–56.3) n=32,292	42.3 yr (33.8–52.5) n=615
Median household income	$70,938	$72,070 ($46,039–$118,707) n=30,318	$61,577 ($42,745–$94,822) n=594
Median home value	$210,700	$222,200 ($100,300–$579,820) n=30,049	$215,100 ($120,900–$397,120) n=593
Median gross rent	$758	$1,021 ($677–$1,912) n=25,670	$908 ($659–$1,523) n=516

Life expectancyNCHS / RWJF USALEEP · model-based

Measure	Value	US median (p10–p90)	TN median (p10–p90)
Life expectancy unavailable for this ZIP — fewer than 80% of the census tracts that make it up could be matched across the 2010→2020 tract-boundary revision, so no value is published rather than an unreliable one. See how coverage gaps are handled.

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37709Tennessee99% similar
Score 44.85View 37709 Compare this ZIP with 37709
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37055Tennessee98% similar
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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