ZIP code
85346
in Quartzsite, ArizonaPopulation 2,458
38.53/ 100
Ranked #27,700 of 32,066 US ZIPs (bottom 13.7%)
Ranked #319 of 394 Arizona ZIPs (bottom 19%)
Ranks are modeled estimates — ZIPs a few hundred places apart are effectively tied.
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.
Hearing disability
18.1%
in the top 0.07% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST99thUS99thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults who are deaf or have serious difficulty hearing.
Full methodology ›Coronary heart disease
16.2%
in the top 0.09% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST99thUS99thDefinition & 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
8.2%
in the top 0.3% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST98thUS99thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults who have been told by a health professional that they have had a stroke.
Full methodology ›Industrial-pollution burden
at the national minimum
Lower is healthier
ST1stUS1stDefinition & 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 ›Mobility disability
29%
in the top 0.8% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST97thUS99thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults with serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs.
Full methodology ›Fatal road crashes
113.9 per 100,000 residents per year
in the top 0.3% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST97thUS99thDefinition & source ›
The annual rate of fatal road crashes per 100,000 residents, pooled over a ten-year window.
A rate per resident population. Where a ZIP has too few residents for the rate to be reliable — about 30% of US ZIPs — no value is published rather than an unstable one; those ZIPs are absent from this comparison, not counted as crash-free.
Full methodology ›Binge drinking
8.8%
in the bottom 0.4% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST2ndUS1stDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults who report binge drinking — five or more drinks on one occasion for men, four or more for women.
Full methodology ›Unemployment rate
33.9%
in the top 0.6% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST99thUS99thDefinition & source ›
The share of the civilian labor force that is unemployed.
Full methodology ›Dry extreme heat
119.1 days/year
in the top 0.8% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST61stUS99thDefinition & source ›
The average number of days per year with a modeled daily high of at least 95 °F.
Full methodology ›Mammography
63.6%
in the bottom 1.9% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST24thUS2ndDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of women aged 50–74 who had a mammogram within the past two years.
Full methodology ›The read
Overall, Quartzsite, Arizona (ZIP 85346) lands in the bottom 13.7% nationally (27,700th) and the bottom 19% of Arizona (319th).
Where the load on this area runs deepest, the data leads: modeled hearing disability stands in the top 0.07% nationally, and coronary heart disease lies in the top 0.09% nationally. Modeled stroke lands in the top 0.3% nationally, and mobility disability sits in the top 0.8% nationally. Fatal road crashes is in the top 0.3% nationally, unemployment settles in the top 0.6% nationally, and modeled extreme heat resides in the top 0.8% nationally. Modeled mammography registers in the bottom 1.9% nationally. More encouragingly, modeled industrial-pollution burden rests at the national minimum, and binge drinking stands in the bottom 0.4% nationally.
Set beside the nearby areas, unemployment runs far higher than the surrounding ZIPs on this measure. A note on the terms: industrial-pollution burden is the EPA's modeled screening score weighting industrial chemical releases by their toxicity and how many people live nearby. Extreme heat is a modeled count of days a year reaching a dangerously high temperature, a leading weather hazard. For a healthier nearby comparison, ZIP 85325, just across the boundary, ranks better 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.
Lifting this score
Environmental Hazard
healthier than 90%
14%
Risk Behavior
healthier than 80%
11%
Mental Health
healthier than 93%
8%
About typical
Social Need / SDOH
healthier than 41%
16%
Preventive Care
healthier than 42%
13%
Holding it back
Chronic Disease Burden
in the bottom 0.5%
21%
Disability
healthier than 3%
7%
Climate / Disaster Risk
healthier than 17%
5%
Healthcare Access
healthier than 7%
5%
Lifting this score
Environmental Hazard
healthier than 64%
14%
Preventive Care
healthier than 74%
13%
Mental Health
healthier than 83%
8%
About typical
Social Need / SDOH
healthier than 40%
16%
Risk Behavior
healthier than 60%
11%
Holding it back
Chronic Disease Burden
in the bottom 0.3%
21%
Disability
healthier than 13%
7%
Climate / Disaster Risk
healthier than 39%
5%
Healthcare Access
healthier than 18%
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 90.9 (top 10%); chronic-disease standing 0.5 (bottom 1%) — 90 points apart, cleaner on the environment than it is on chronic illness.
Ranked #107 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.
Nearby
85325
Arizonashares a border
Score 44.35
Closest healthier
85344
Arizonashares a border
Score 40.85
Similar health profile
33924
Florida99% similar profile
Score 41.41
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 | 46.7% | 42.4–50.9 |
| High blood pressure among adults | 53.4% | 48.6–58.0 |
| Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults | 17.4% | 15.8–19.0 |
| Current asthma among adults | 10.9% | 9.7–12.3 |
| Coronary heart disease among adults | 16.2% | 14.5–18.1 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults | 17.1% | 14.5–19.8 |
| Depression among adults | 18.7% | 15.7–22.0 |
| Diagnosed diabetes among adults | 20.7% | 18.2–23.5 |
| High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened | 48.9% | 43.8–53.9 |
| Obesity among adults | 34.2% | 26.8–42.0 |
| Stroke among adults | 8.2% | 7.3–9.2 |
| All teeth lost among adults aged >=65 years | 20.5% | 17.3–24.1 |
PreventionCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years | 11.8% | 9.8–13.9 |
| Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure | 86.7% | 84.1–88.9 |
| Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults | 83.0% | 79.9–85.8 |
| Cholesterol screening among adults | 91.0% | 89.6–92.2 |
| Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years | 63.1% | 57.6–68.6 |
| Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults | 53.8% | 50.0–57.6 |
| Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years | 63.6% | 54.2–72.2 |
Health Risk BehaviorsCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Binge drinking among adults | 8.8% | 7.1–10.8 |
| Current cigarette smoking among adults | 15.9% | 13.1–18.8 |
| No leisure-time physical activity among adults | 33.2% | 27.9–38.6 |
| Short sleep duration among adults | 32.8% | 26.7–39.5 |
Health StatusCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults | 30.6% | 26.3–34.8 |
| Frequent mental distress among adults | 13.0% | 11.4–14.7 |
| Frequent physical distress among adults | 20.7% | 18.0–23.5 |
DisabilityCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Cognitive disability among adults | 15.2% | 13.1–17.3 |
| Any disability among adults | 47.8% | 42.6–53.1 |
| Hearing disability among adults | 18.1% | 16.2–20.0 |
| Independent living disability among adults | 12.4% | 10.7–14.2 |
| Mobility disability among adults | 29.0% | 25.1–32.9 |
| Self-care disability among adults | 7.8% | 6.7–8.9 |
| Vision disability among adults | 9.9% | 8.6–11.2 |
Health-Related Social NeedsCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Lack of social and emotional support among adults | 23.5% | 20.0–27.3 |
| Food insecurity in the past 12 months among adults | 17.0% | 14.0–20.3 |
| Received food stamps in the past 12 months among adults | 16.5% | 13.5–19.7 |
| Housing insecurity in the past 12 months among adults | 9.2% | 7.8–10.8 |
| Lack of reliable transportation in the past 12 months among adults | 8.5% | 7.3–9.8 |
| Loneliness among adults | 28.1% | 23.5–32.9 |
| Utility services shut-off threat in the past 12 months among adults | 7.0% | 6.0–8.1 |
Community & economyCensus ACS 5-Year · 2024 release · observed
| Measure | Value | US median (p10–p90) | AZ median (p10–p90) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poverty rate | 17.0% | 10.6% (3.1–25.8%) n=32,364 | 12.8% (4.6–36.9%) n=396 |
| Uninsured 18–64 | 35.2% | 9.0% (1.5–24.3%) n=32,286 | 14.0% (5.0–32.9%) n=394 |
| No HS diploma (25+) | 16.5% | 7.9% (1.8–20.7%) n=32,505 | 9.3% (2.0–25.9%) n=397 |
| Bachelor's or higher (25+) | 21.6% | 23.3% (9.2–53.6%) n=32,505 | 23.8% (6.0–53.1%) n=397 |
| Unemployment rate (16+) | 33.9% | 3.9% (0.0–9.8%) n=32,274 | 4.8% (0.0–14.3%) n=395 |
| Households without a vehicle | 8.3% | 3.9% (0.0–12.5%) n=32,322 | 3.7% (0.0–14.3%) n=394 |
| Broadband subscription | 74.1% | 89.3% (75.1–97.1%) n=32,322 | 90.4% (57.1–97.2%) n=394 |
| Housing cost burden (≥30% income) | 28.8% | 23.7% (10.6–40.0%) n=32,322 | 25.5% (8.5–37.5%) n=394 |
| Homeownership rate | 77.8% | 78.7% (51.7–94.0%) n=32,322 | 76.3% (44.6–92.8%) n=394 |
| Crowded housing (>1 per room) | 6.4% | 1.3% (0.0–6.3%) n=32,322 | 3.3% (0.0–15.7%) n=394 |
| Foreign-born population | 6.3% | 2.6% (0.0–18.6%) n=32,553 | 7.6% (0.0–20.4%) n=397 |
| Single-parent households | 74.5% | 53.6% (37.3–74.1%) n=32,087 | 51.4% (30.6–79.7%) n=388 |
| Population 65+ | 73.7% | 19.4% (10.8–33.6%) n=32,553 | 19.0% (8.0–46.8%) n=397 |
| Median age | 73.3 yr | 42.2 yr (33.0–56.3) n=32,292 | 40.9 yr (30.0–62.5) n=394 |
| Median household income | $44,028 | $72,070 ($46,039–$118,707) n=30,318 | $69,137 ($39,000–$114,111) n=371 |
| Median home value | — | $222,200 ($100,300–$579,820) n=30,049 | $326,300 ($73,560–$591,760) n=363 |
| Median gross rent | $836 | $1,021 ($677–$1,912) n=25,670 | $1,303 ($683–$2,093) n=323 |
Life expectancyNCHS / RWJF USALEEP · model-based
| Measure | Value | US median (p10–p90) | AZ median (p10–p90) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy at birth | 77.3 yr ± 0.80 | 78.9 yr (74.7–82.8) n=31,308 | 78.5 yr (75.1–82.8) n=354 |
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 0.80 years of 77.3, and it’s very unlikely to be off by more than twice that.
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