ZIP code
85626
in Pirtleville, ArizonaPopulation 1,332
42.40/ 100
Ranked #24,908 of 32,066 US ZIPs (bottom 22%)
Ranked #289 of 394 Arizona ZIPs (bottom 27%)
Ranked #17 of 22 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ ZIPs (bottom 23%)
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.
Uninsured (under 65)
31%
in the top 1.0% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST99thUS99thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults aged 18–64 with no current health-insurance coverage.
Full methodology ›Mammography
61.3%
in the bottom 1.0% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST17thUS1stDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of women aged 50–74 who had a mammogram within the past two years.
Full methodology ›Vision disability
11.6%
in the top 2.6% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST86thUS97thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults who are blind or have serious difficulty seeing even with glasses.
Full methodology ›Crowded housing
30.5%
in the top 0.5% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST99thUS99thDefinition & source ›
The share of occupied homes with more than one person per room, the Census definition of crowded housing.
Full methodology ›Distance to a hazardous-chemical facility
52.7 mi
in the top 0.8% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST98thUS99thDefinition & source ›
The distance in miles from this ZIP’s edge to the nearest facility that handles enough hazardous chemicals to require an EPA risk-management plan for accidental releases.
Full methodology ›Colon-cancer screening
51.1%
in the bottom 2.5% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST21stUS2ndDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults aged 45–75 who are up to date on colorectal-cancer screening.
Full methodology ›Fair or poor health
34%
in the top 3.4% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST87thUS97thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults who rate their own general health as fair or poor.
Full methodology ›Expected annual disaster loss
$0
in the bottom 1.9% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST1stUS2ndDefinition & 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 ›Fatal road crashes
0 per 100,000 residents per year
at the national minimum
Lower is healthier
ST1stUS1stDefinition & 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 ›Tree cover
0.00%
at the national minimum
Higher is healthier
ST1stUS1stDefinition & source ›
The share of this ZIP’s land area covered by forest.
Full methodology ›Cross-source signals
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
- People living in poverty
- Food insecurity
- Housing insecurity
- Adults reporting fair or poor health
- Chronic conditions
Barriers to reaching care
- Distance to the nearest emergency room
- Thin local supply of doctors
- Thin local supply of pharmacies
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
By the composite measure, Pirtleville, Arizona (ZIP 85626) sits in the bottom 22% nationally (24,908th) and the bottom 27% of Arizona (289th), based on limited data; treat as directional.
What the data shows most clearly about this place comes first: modeled uninsured sits in the top 1.0% nationally, mammography registers in the bottom 1.0% nationally, and vision disability lands in the top 2.6% nationally. Crowded housing resides in the top 0.5% nationally, modeled colon screening lies in the bottom 2.5% nationally, and modeled fair or poor health settles in the top 3.4% nationally. Modeled tree cover stands at the national minimum. More positively, distance to a hazardous-chemical facility is in the top 0.8% nationally, and modeled expected annual loss rests in the bottom 1.9% nationally. Fatal road crashes sits at the national minimum.
Compared with the ZIPs that surround it, crowded housing runs far higher than the surrounding ZIPs on this measure. In plain language, 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. Expected annual loss is FEMA's modeled estimate, in dollars, of average yearly harm to people from natural hazards. ZIP 85617, about 5.9 miles away, ranks healthier overall. This 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. Compare it against the US, this state and the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area.
Compared with the ZIP codes measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes.
Lifting this score
Environmental HazardPartial
in the top 0.7%
14%
Mental Health
healthier than 89%
8%
About typical
Chronic Disease Burden
healthier than 48%
21%
Risk Behavior
healthier than 49%
11%
Healthcare Access
healthier than 56%
5%
Holding it back
Social Need / SDOH
healthier than 4%
16%
Preventive Care
healthier than 2%
13%
Disability
healthier than 7%
7%
Climate / Disaster Risk
healthier than 25%
5%
Lifting this score
Environmental HazardPartial
healthier than 89%
14%
Mental Health
healthier than 72%
8%
About typical
Chronic Disease Burden
healthier than 52%
21%
Climate / Disaster Risk
healthier than 58%
5%
Healthcare Access
healthier than 54%
5%
Holding it back
Social Need / SDOH
healthier than 14%
16%
Preventive Care
healthier than 16%
13%
Risk Behavior
healthier than 29%
11%
Disability
healthier than 17%
7%
Lifting this score
Chronic Disease Burden
healthier than 82%
21%
Environmental HazardPartial
healthier than 87%
14%
Mental Health
healthier than 88%
8%
Healthcare Access
healthier than 70%
5%
Holding it back
Social Need / SDOH
healthier than 5%
16%
Preventive Care
healthier than 12%
13%
Risk Behavior
healthier than 12%
11%
Disability
healthier than 14%
7%
Climate / Disaster Risk
in the bottom 0.00%
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.
Nearby
85607
Arizonashares a border
Score 40.02
Closest healthier
85617
Arizonaabout 5.9 mi away
Score 43.16
Similar health profile
88044
New Mexico96% similar profile
Score 45.62
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 | 27.0% | 24.3–29.7 |
| High blood pressure among adults | 37.7% | 34.3–41.0 |
| Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults | 6.0% | 5.3–6.6 |
| Current asthma among adults | 9.6% | 8.4–10.8 |
| Coronary heart disease among adults | 8.0% | 7.0–9.2 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults | 6.7% | 5.5–8.0 |
| Depression among adults | 17.2% | 14.7–19.7 |
| Diagnosed diabetes among adults | 18.5% | 16.3–21.0 |
| High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened | 41.4% | 38.0–44.9 |
| Obesity among adults | 35.6% | 30.6–40.8 |
| Stroke among adults | 4.4% | 3.8–5.0 |
| All teeth lost among adults aged >=65 years | 16.4% | 13.7–19.5 |
PreventionCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years | 31.0% | 23.9–38.3 |
| Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure | 75.1% | 72.3–77.9 |
| Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults | 72.2% | 68.6–75.6 |
| Cholesterol screening among adults | 82.3% | 79.3–84.8 |
| Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years | 51.1% | 46.4–56.0 |
| Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults | 42.7% | 39.4–46.3 |
| Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years | 61.3% | 53.6–69.1 |
Health Risk BehaviorsCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Binge drinking among adults | 12.2% | 10.3–14.5 |
| Current cigarette smoking among adults | 12.9% | 10.4–15.6 |
| No leisure-time physical activity among adults | 37.7% | 32.2–43.4 |
| Short sleep duration among adults | 37.0% | 32.5–42.1 |
Health StatusCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults | 34.0% | 28.9–39.3 |
| Frequent mental distress among adults | 15.4% | 13.4–17.5 |
| Frequent physical distress among adults | 19.1% | 16.5–21.9 |
DisabilityCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Cognitive disability among adults | 18.7% | 15.8–21.7 |
| Any disability among adults | 43.3% | 38.1–48.5 |
| Hearing disability among adults | 10.1% | 8.9–11.5 |
| Independent living disability among adults | 10.2% | 8.5–11.9 |
| Mobility disability among adults | 21.6% | 18.3–25.0 |
| Self-care disability among adults | 6.8% | 5.7–8.0 |
| Vision disability among adults | 11.6% | 9.8–13.5 |
Health-Related Social NeedsCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Lack of social and emotional support among adults | 30.9% | 26.6–35.4 |
| Food insecurity in the past 12 months among adults | 31.8% | 26.0–38.2 |
| Received food stamps in the past 12 months among adults | 21.8% | 17.3–26.8 |
| Housing insecurity in the past 12 months among adults | 23.4% | 19.5–27.5 |
| Lack of reliable transportation in the past 12 months among adults | 14.0% | 11.7–16.7 |
| Loneliness among adults | 32.6% | 28.3–37.4 |
| Utility services shut-off threat in the past 12 months among adults | 13.0% | 11.0–15.3 |
Community & economyCensus ACS 5-Year · 2024 release · observed
| Measure | Value | US median (p10–p90) | AZ median (p10–p90) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poverty rate | 28.9% | 10.6% (3.1–25.8%) n=32,364 | 12.8% (4.6–36.9%) n=396 |
| Uninsured 18–64 | 36.1% | 9.0% (1.5–24.3%) n=32,286 | 14.0% (5.0–32.9%) n=394 |
| No HS diploma (25+) | 67.8% | 7.9% (1.8–20.7%) n=32,505 | 9.3% (2.0–25.9%) n=397 |
| Bachelor's or higher (25+) | 5.3% | 23.3% (9.2–53.6%) n=32,505 | 23.8% (6.0–53.1%) n=397 |
| Unemployment rate (16+) | 11.5% | 3.9% (0.0–9.8%) n=32,274 | 4.8% (0.0–14.3%) n=395 |
| Households without a vehicle | 8.2% | 3.9% (0.0–12.5%) n=32,322 | 3.7% (0.0–14.3%) n=394 |
| Broadband subscription | 69.2% | 89.3% (75.1–97.1%) n=32,322 | 90.4% (57.1–97.2%) n=394 |
| Housing cost burden (≥30% income) | 18.7% | 23.7% (10.6–40.0%) n=32,322 | 25.5% (8.5–37.5%) n=394 |
| Homeownership rate | 74.1% | 78.7% (51.7–94.0%) n=32,322 | 76.3% (44.6–92.8%) n=394 |
| Crowded housing (>1 per room) | 30.5% | 1.3% (0.0–6.3%) n=32,322 | 3.3% (0.0–15.7%) n=394 |
| Foreign-born population | 27.6% | 2.6% (0.0–18.6%) n=32,553 | 7.6% (0.0–20.4%) n=397 |
| Single-parent households | 44.0% | 53.6% (37.3–74.1%) n=32,087 | 51.4% (30.6–79.7%) n=388 |
| Population 65+ | 11.9% | 19.4% (10.8–33.6%) n=32,553 | 19.0% (8.0–46.8%) n=397 |
| Median age | 30.1 yr | 42.2 yr (33.0–56.3) n=32,292 | 40.9 yr (30.0–62.5) n=394 |
| Median household income | $49,519 | $72,070 ($46,039–$118,707) n=30,318 | $69,137 ($39,000–$114,111) n=371 |
| Median home value | $93,800 | $222,200 ($100,300–$579,820) n=30,049 | $326,300 ($73,560–$591,760) n=363 |
| Median gross rent | $688 | $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 | 77.8 yr ± 1.93 | 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 1.93 years of 77.8, 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