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43420

in Fremont, OhioPopulation 29,520

ZipVitals Score
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45.19/ 100

Ranked #22,203 of 32,066 US ZIPs (bottom 31%)

Ranked #717 of 1,176 Ohio ZIPs (bottom 39%)

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.

Industrial-pollution burden

in the top 4.1% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST93rd
US96th
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 ›

Mental-health provider access

0.1 per 1,000 residents

in the top 10.6% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST91st
US89th
Definition & source ›

The number of mental-health clinics located 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.

Full methodology ›

Outpatient-care access

0.38 per 1,000 residents

in the top 13.0% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST91st
US87th
Definition & source ›

The number of outpatient clinics located 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.

Full methodology ›

Distance to a Superfund site

44.2 mi

in the top 16% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST95th
US84th
Definition & source ›

The distance in miles from this ZIP’s edge to the nearest Superfund site — an abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous-waste site the EPA has listed for cleanup.

Full methodology ›

Expected annual disaster loss

$0

in the top 17% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST94th
US83rd
Definition & source ›

FEMA’s modeled estimate, in dollars per year, of the average harm to people expected from natural hazards — an annualized average, not a forecast for any single year.

Full methodology ›

Floodplain exposure

19.2%

in the top 19% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST92nd
US81st
Definition & source ›

The share of this ZIP’s land area inside FEMA’s 1%-annual-chance floodplain — the “100-year” flood zone, where flooding has about a 1-in-100 chance in any given year.

Measured from FEMA’s mapped flood panels. Where a panel has not been mapped, no value is published for that ZIP — those ZIPs are absent from this comparison rather than counted as unexposed.

Full methodology ›

Natural-disaster risk

in the top 19% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST98th
US81st
Definition & source ›

This area’s national rank on its single highest non-flood natural hazard — such as wildfire, tornado, or earthquake — in FEMA’s modeled National Risk Index; flooding is shown separately.

Full methodology ›

The read

Fremont, Ohio (ZIP 43420) ranks in the bottom 31% nationally (22,203rd) and the bottom 39% of Ohio (717th).

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Several signals sit on each side of the ledger here: mental-health providers rests in the top 10.6% nationally. Distance to a community health center lands at the national minimum, shared with about 23% of ZIPs. Outpatient settles in the top 13.0% nationally. Distance to a nursing home rests at the national minimum, shared with about 27% of ZIPs. Lead in tap water lands in the bottom 15% nationally, distance to a Superfund site settles in the top 16% nationally, and childcare rests in the top 16% nationally. Subsidized affordable housing lands in the top 16% nationally. Working the other way, modeled industrial-pollution burden settles in the top 4.1% nationally. Distance to a hazardous-chemical facility rests at the national minimum, shared with about 31% of ZIPs.

Against its neighbors, park land runs far higher than the surrounding ZIPs on this measure. For context, industrial-pollution burden is the EPA's modeled screening score weighting industrial chemical releases by their toxicity and how many people live nearby. Lead in tap water is the EPA trigger, 15 parts per billion in tap samples, above which a water system must act on lead. 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. The closest ZIP that ranks healthier overall is ZIP 43407, 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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Healthcare Access

healthier than 81%

5%

About typical

Preventive Care

healthier than 50%

13%

Disability

healthier than 42%

7%

Climate / Disaster Risk

healthier than 41%

5%

Holding it back

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 24%

21%

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 37%

16%

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 26%

14%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 24%

11%

Mental Health

healthier than 30%

8%

Lifting this score

Mental Health

healthier than 66%

8%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 78%

5%

About typical

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 40%

16%

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 46%

14%

Preventive Care

healthier than 42%

13%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 47%

11%

Holding it back

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 29%

21%

Disability

healthier than 32%

7%

Climate / Disaster Risk

healthier than 9%

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 ›

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 adults34.6%31.3–38.1
High blood pressure among adults41.1%37.2–45.3
Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults9.5%8.6–10.4
Current asthma among adults10.9%9.7–12.2
Coronary heart disease among adults8.4%7.6–9.3
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults9.4%8.5–10.5
Depression among adults24.9%21.5–28.5
Diagnosed diabetes among adults15.4%13.5–17.4
High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened39.0%34.9–43.3
Obesity among adults41.7%34.8–48.8
Stroke among adults4.2%3.9–4.5
All teeth lost among adults aged >=65 years17.7%14.7–21.0
PreventionCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years9.9%8.6–11.2
Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure81.1%78.6–83.3
Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults80.6%77.4–83.6
Cholesterol screening among adults86.3%84.7–87.7
Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years63.6%58.6–68.2
Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults59.1%55.4–62.5
Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years74.5%66.9–81.0
Health Risk BehaviorsCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Binge drinking among adults14.7%12.1–17.6
Current cigarette smoking among adults17.2%15.1–19.5
No leisure-time physical activity among adults30.9%26.7–35.5
Short sleep duration among adults40.0%34.2–45.8
Health StatusCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults22.5%20.0–25.3
Frequent mental distress among adults17.8%15.8–19.8
Frequent physical distress among adults15.8%14.1–17.6
DisabilityCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Cognitive disability among adults14.9%13.3–16.5
Any disability among adults32.0%28.2–36.2
Hearing disability among adults8.0%7.2–8.9
Independent living disability among adults9.1%8.2–10.1
Mobility disability among adults16.2%14.3–18.3
Self-care disability among adults4.5%4.1–4.8
Vision disability among adults5.7%5.2–6.2
Health-Related Social NeedsCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Lack of social and emotional support among adults22.0%18.8–25.4
Food insecurity in the past 12 months among adults15.7%13.7–18.0
Received food stamps in the past 12 months among adults13.5%11.8–15.4
Housing insecurity in the past 12 months among adults12.3%10.7–14.1
Lack of reliable transportation in the past 12 months among adults8.4%7.5–9.5
Loneliness among adults34.6%29.7–39.8
Utility services shut-off threat in the past 12 months among adults9.0%7.9–10.2
Community & economyCensus ACS 5-Year · 2024 release · observed
MeasureValueUS median (p10–p90)OH median (p10–p90)
Poverty rate18.6%10.6% (3.1–25.8%) n=32,36410.7% (3.5–26.2%) n=1,177
Uninsured 18–649.7%9.0% (1.5–24.3%) n=32,2867.8% (2.5–18.1%) n=1,174
No HS diploma (25+)5.9%7.9% (1.8–20.7%) n=32,5057.5% (2.3–17.0%) n=1,179
Bachelor's or higher (25+)18.9%23.3% (9.2–53.6%) n=32,50519.7% (8.1–45.8%) n=1,179
Unemployment rate (16+)4.6%3.9% (0.0–9.8%) n=32,2743.7% (0.0–9.8%) n=1,171
Households without a vehicle3.1%3.9% (0.0–12.5%) n=32,3224.4% (0.0–14.5%) n=1,177
Broadband subscription87.1%89.3% (75.1–97.1%) n=32,32288.9% (76.5–96.0%) n=1,177
Housing cost burden (≥30% income)24.6%23.7% (10.6–40.0%) n=32,32221.3% (11.2–34.6%) n=1,177
Homeownership rate69.4%78.7% (51.7–94.0%) n=32,32278.3% (52.8–91.8%) n=1,177
Crowded housing (>1 per room)1.2%1.3% (0.0–6.3%) n=32,3220.8% (0.0–3.5%) n=1,177
Foreign-born population2.1%2.6% (0.0–18.6%) n=32,5531.0% (0.0–6.8%) n=1,180
Single-parent households52.9%53.6% (37.3–74.1%) n=32,08753.2% (36.6–68.1%) n=1,168
Population 65+18.9%19.4% (10.8–33.6%) n=32,55319.0% (11.1–27.2%) n=1,180
Median age41.4 yr42.2 yr (33.0–56.3) n=32,29241.5 yr (33.2–50.5) n=1,169
Median household income$61,331$72,070 ($46,039–$118,707) n=30,318$70,500 ($46,328–$101,197) n=1,127
Median home value$152,900$222,200 ($100,300–$579,820) n=30,049$177,700 ($104,860–$310,980) n=1,117
Median gross rent$807$1,021 ($677–$1,912) n=25,670$907 ($714–$1,294) n=1,007
Life expectancyNCHS / RWJF USALEEP · model-based
MeasureValueUS median (p10–p90)OH median (p10–p90)
Life expectancy at birth77.5 yr ± 0.5578.9 yr (74.7–82.8) n=31,30877.9 yr (74.0–81.3) n=1,154

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 0.55 years of 77.5, 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