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39116

in Mize, MississippiPopulation 2,594

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44.36/ 100

Ranked #23,062 of 32,066 US ZIPs (bottom 28%)

Ranked #130 of 406 Mississippi ZIPs (top 32%)

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.

Households without a vehicle

14.6%

in the top 7.6% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST93rd
US92nd
Definition & source ›

The share of households with no vehicle available.

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Housing-cost burden

9.0%

in the bottom 8.3% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST9th
US8th
Definition & source ›

The share of households spending 30% or more of their income on housing.

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Humid extreme heat

129.8 days/year

in the top 10.0% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST52nd
US90th
Definition & source ›

The average number of days per year when modeled heat stress — temperature, humidity, sun, and wind combined — reaches levels hard on the body outdoors.

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Homeownership rate

92.9%

in the top 11.9% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST92nd
US88th
Definition & source ›

The share of occupied homes that are owned, rather than rented, by the people living in them.

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Radon

0.8 pCi/L

in the bottom 8.5% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST27th
US8th
Definition & source ›

The modeled typical indoor radon level for this area, in picocuries per liter — the EPA recommends fixing a home at 4 pCi/L or above.

Modeled from indoor-radon measurements. In Alaska and Hawaii, where those measurements are not published, a US Geological Survey geologic radon-potential category stands in — a coarser input, disclosed rather than hidden.

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Industrial-pollution burden

in the top 13.8% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST92nd
US86th
Definition & source ›

The EPA’s modeled screening score for industrial chemical releases, weighting the amounts released by their toxicity and how many people live nearby — a relative comparison score, not a measured exposure.

Full methodology ›

The read

Mize, Mississippi (ZIP 39116), on the composite measure, lands in the bottom 28% nationally (23,062nd) and the top 32% of Mississippi (130th).

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The profile cuts both ways, and the readings bear that out: housing-cost burden registers in the bottom 8.3% nationally. Distance to a community health center lands at the national minimum, shared with about 23% of ZIPs. Homeownership resides in the top 11.9% nationally, and modeled radon lies in the bottom 8.5% nationally. Distance to an emergency room settles in the bottom 13.3% nationally. Working the other way, households without a vehicle stands in the top 7.6% nationally, and modeled humid heat is in the top 10.0% nationally. Modeled industrial-pollution burden rests in the top 13.8% nationally. Distance to a hazardous-chemical facility sits at the national minimum, shared with about 31% of ZIPs. Modeled high blood pressure registers in the top 14.6% nationally.

In everyday language, radon is a radioactive soil gas the EPA identifies as the top cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers. Industrial-pollution burden is the EPA's modeled screening score weighting industrial chemical releases by their toxicity and how many people live nearby. Distance to a hazardous-chemical facility is a plant handling large amounts of hazardous chemicals that must file an EPA risk-management plan for accidental releases. A healthier neighbor overall sits at ZIP 39119, 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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Environmental Hazard

healthier than 80%

14%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 85%

5%

About typical

Mental Health

healthier than 51%

8%

Holding it back

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 28%

21%

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 39%

16%

Preventive Care

healthier than 17%

13%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 25%

11%

Disability

healthier than 25%

7%

Climate / Disaster Risk

healthier than 22%

5%

Lifting this score

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 68%

21%

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 77%

16%

Disability

healthier than 73%

7%

Climate / Disaster Risk

healthier than 60%

5%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 82%

5%

About typical

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 51%

14%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 56%

11%

Holding it back

Preventive Care

healthier than 36%

13%

Mental Health

healthier than 24%

8%

“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 80.3; chronic-disease standing 27.7 — 53 points apart, cleaner on the environment than it is on chronic illness.

    Ranked #2,299 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 adults32.2%28.5–36.0
High blood pressure among adults44.3%39.6–48.9
Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults9.0%8.1–10.0
Current asthma among adults9.9%8.6–11.1
Coronary heart disease among adults8.0%7.1–9.0
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults9.7%8.4–11.1
Depression among adults22.0%18.5–25.7
Diagnosed diabetes among adults14.4%12.3–16.5
High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened41.7%37.1–46.3
Obesity among adults41.1%33.2–49.4
Stroke among adults4.3%3.9–4.7
All teeth lost among adults aged >=65 years17.4%14.1–21.1
PreventionCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years10.0%8.2–12.2
Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure80.1%77.2–82.7
Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults80.4%76.8–83.6
Cholesterol screening among adults86.4%84.3–88.3
Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years61.3%55.7–66.7
Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults8.8%7.4–10.3
Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years70.5%61.3–78.7
Health Risk BehaviorsCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Binge drinking among adults14.3%11.6–17.2
Current cigarette smoking among adults18.7%15.7–21.6
No leisure-time physical activity among adults32.7%27.3–38.1
Short sleep duration among adults37.5%30.6–44.8
Health StatusCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults23.4%20.2–26.7
Frequent mental distress among adults17.5%15.2–19.6
Frequent physical distress among adults15.6%13.7–17.6
DisabilityCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Cognitive disability among adults17.8%15.4–20.1
Any disability among adults38.0%32.8–42.9
Hearing disability among adults9.2%8.1–10.4
Independent living disability among adults10.1%8.8–11.3
Mobility disability among adults18.4%15.9–21.0
Self-care disability among adults4.9%4.4–5.5
Vision disability among adults6.2%5.5–6.9
Health-Related Social NeedsCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Lack of social and emotional support among adults25.3%21.4–29.3
Food insecurity in the past 12 months among adults17.6%14.6–20.5
Received food stamps in the past 12 months among adults9.7%7.9–11.6
Housing insecurity in the past 12 months among adults12.5%10.5–14.4
Lack of reliable transportation in the past 12 months among adults9.3%8.0–10.6
Loneliness among adults34.0%28.6–39.3
Utility services shut-off threat in the past 12 months among adults8.2%7.0–9.5
Community & economyCensus ACS 5-Year · 2024 release · observed
MeasureValueUS median (p10–p90)MS median (p10–p90)
Poverty rate17.1%10.6% (3.1–25.8%) n=32,36419.9% (8.3–37.0%) n=406
Uninsured 18–6413.6%9.0% (1.5–24.3%) n=32,28616.8% (8.1–29.3%) n=410
No HS diploma (25+)15.1%7.9% (1.8–20.7%) n=32,50514.4% (5.9–25.0%) n=411
Bachelor's or higher (25+)13.1%23.3% (9.2–53.6%) n=32,50518.0% (7.1–33.6%) n=411
Unemployment rate (16+)1.4%3.9% (0.0–9.8%) n=32,2744.8% (0.0–14.2%) n=411
Households without a vehicle14.6%3.9% (0.0–12.5%) n=32,3225.5% (0.0–13.9%) n=405
Broadband subscription86.0%89.3% (75.1–97.1%) n=32,32279.7% (62.7–93.0%) n=405
Housing cost burden (≥30% income)9.0%23.7% (10.6–40.0%) n=32,32222.7% (9.7–36.0%) n=405
Homeownership rate92.9%78.7% (51.7–94.0%) n=32,32277.2% (49.8–91.7%) n=405
Crowded housing (>1 per room)1.1%1.3% (0.0–6.3%) n=32,3221.4% (0.0–5.0%) n=405
Foreign-born population1.2%2.6% (0.0–18.6%) n=32,5530.6% (0.0–4.4%) n=412
Single-parent households56.5%53.6% (37.3–74.1%) n=32,08746.9% (29.2–61.4%) n=404
Population 65+15.7%19.4% (10.8–33.6%) n=32,55317.8% (11.7–26.2%) n=412
Median age40.1 yr42.2 yr (33.0–56.3) n=32,29239.5 yr (30.5–49.6) n=411
Median household income$72,109$72,070 ($46,039–$118,707) n=30,318$50,353 ($32,100–$72,379) n=377
Median home value$137,900$222,200 ($100,300–$579,820) n=30,049$118,100 ($72,660–$219,420) n=374
Median gross rent$427$1,021 ($677–$1,912) n=25,670$827 ($532–$1,130) n=319
Life expectancyNCHS / RWJF USALEEP · model-based
MeasureValueUS median (p10–p90)MS median (p10–p90)
Life expectancy at birth77.4 yr ± 1.1378.9 yr (74.7–82.8) n=31,30875.4 yr (72.7–79.0) n=405

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 1.13 years of 77.4, 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