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91208

in Glendale, CaliforniaPopulation 15,969

ZipVitals Score
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65.14/ 100

Ranked #1,949 of 32,066 US ZIPs (top 6.1%)

Ranked #262 of 1,719 California ZIPs (top 15%)

Ranked #86 of 371 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ZIPs (top 23%)

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.

Loud transportation noise

5.6%

in the top 1.1% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST93rd
US99th
Definition & source ›

The modeled share of residents exposed to average road, rail, and aviation noise at or above 65 decibels — around the volume of normal conversation.

Full methodology ›

Obesity

21.9%

in the bottom 2.0% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST12th
US2nd
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults with obesity, defined as a body-mass index of 30 or higher.

Full methodology ›

Utility shut-off threat

3.7%

in the bottom 2.3% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST7th
US2nd
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults whose household was threatened with a utility shut-off in the past 12 months.

Full methodology ›

Park land

45.5%

in the top 2.8% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST91st
US97th
Definition & source ›

The share of this ZIP’s land area that is public parkland.

Full methodology ›

Floodplain exposure

0.00%

at the national minimum

Lower is healthier

ST1st
US1st
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 ›

Median household income

$136,892

in the top 5.7% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST82nd
US94th
Definition & source ›

The middle household income in this ZIP — half of households earn more, half earn less — in dollars per year.

Full methodology ›

Lead in tap water

0 ppb

at the national minimum

Lower is healthier

US1st
Definition & source ›

The lead level at the 90th percentile of tap-water samples reported by the public water systems serving this ZIP, in parts per billion — the EPA requires action above 15 ppb.

Measured from EPA records for the public water systems that serve this ZIP. Households on private wells — roughly 30% of the US population — are not covered by this measure, and this figure says nothing about their water.

Full methodology ›

Dental provider access

1.1 per 1,000 residents

in the top 5.1% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST87th
US95th
Definition & source ›

The number of dental offices 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 ›

Physician access

2.3 per 1,000 residents

in the top 5.8% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST91st
US94th
Definition & source ›

The number of physicians’ offices 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 ›

PFOA in drinking water

95.4%

in the top 6.2% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST93rd
US94th
Definition & source ›

The share of residents served by public water systems where PFOA, one of the man-made “forever chemicals,” was detected in EPA testing.

Measured from EPA records for the public water systems that serve this ZIP. Households on private wells — roughly 30% of the US population — are not covered by this measure, and this figure says nothing about their water.

Full methodology ›

The read

ZIP 91208, one of several in Glendale, California, by its overall standing, sits in the top 6.1% healthiest ZIPs nationally (1,949th) and the top 15% of California (262nd).

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The measures fall on both sides of the ledger for this area: modeled obesity sits in the bottom 2.0% nationally, modeled utility shutoff settles in the bottom 2.3% nationally, and park land registers in the top 2.8% nationally. Floodplain exposure stands at the national minimum, household income lands in the top 5.7% nationally, and lead in tap water is at the national minimum. Dental providers resides in the top 5.1% nationally. Distance to an emergency room rests at the national minimum, shared with about 11% of ZIPs. Physicians lies in the top 5.8% nationally. Set against that, modeled loud transportation noise sits in the top 1.1% nationally.

Held up against its neighbors, park land runs far higher than the surrounding ZIPs on this measure. Defined in plain terms, lead in tap water is the EPA trigger, 15 parts per billion in tap samples, above which a water system must act on lead. Loud transportation noise is the modeled share of an area exposed to road, rail, and air noise at or above 65 decibels, near conversation volume. Floodplain exposure is land with about a 1-in-100 chance of flooding each year, nicknamed the "100-year floodplain". The nearest ZIP ranking healthier overall is ZIP 91011, 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area.

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

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Lifting this score

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 90%

21%

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 91%

16%

Preventive Care

healthier than 71%

13%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 95%

11%

Mental Health

healthier than 86%

8%

Disability

healthier than 88%

7%

Climate / Disaster Risk

healthier than 82%

5%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 92%

5%

Holding it back

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 8%

14%

Lifting this score

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 71%

21%

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 87%

16%

Preventive Care

healthier than 86%

13%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 90%

11%

Mental Health

healthier than 86%

8%

Disability

healthier than 84%

7%

Climate / Disaster Risk

healthier than 63%

5%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 85%

5%

Holding it back

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 31%

14%

Lifting this score

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 84%

16%

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 60%

14%

Preventive Care

healthier than 89%

13%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 90%

11%

Mental Health

healthier than 76%

8%

Disability

healthier than 78%

7%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 77%

5%

About typical

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 43%

21%

Climate / Disaster Risk

healthier than 41%

5%

Nothing measured is holding this score back.

“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

3 of our published findings list 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.

  • Above what income predicts

    The ZIP codes that outlive their incomes

    Estimated life expectancy is 83.0 ± 1.5 years. A median household income of $136,892 predicts 81.3 years — 1.7 years above.

    Ranked #1,145 of the 5,842 ZIP codes this finding names, ordered by years above what income predicts, highest first.

  • Heavy environment, light chronic burden

    Where the environment and chronic illness point in opposite directions

    Environmental-hazard standing 8.0 (bottom 10%); chronic-disease standing 90.1 (top 10%) — 82 points apart, heavier on the environment than it is on chronic illness.

    Ranked #17,341 of the 18,187 ZIP codes this finding names, ordered by the gap from cleanest environment to heaviest chronic burden, highest first.

  • Highest-risk tenth

    Air toxics and the years between the two ends of the risk scale

    Modeled air-toxics cancer risk is 38.5 cases per million — among the tenth of compared ZIP codes with the most. Estimated life expectancy is 83.0 ± 1.5 years.

    Ranked #1,687 of the 4,173 ZIP codes this finding names, ordered by modeled air-toxics risk, 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 adults22.7%21.0–24.5
High blood pressure among adults30.0%28.0–32.1
Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults8.9%8.1–9.6
Current asthma among adults9.1%8.2–10.0
Coronary heart disease among adults5.2%4.7–5.8
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults4.5%3.9–5.2
Depression among adults20.3%18.4–22.3
Diagnosed diabetes among adults9.8%8.8–10.9
High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened38.8%36.5–41.2
Obesity among adults21.9%19.5–24.4
Stroke among adults2.9%2.6–3.1
All teeth lost among adults aged >=65 years6.3%5.2–7.5
PreventionCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years4.1%3.4–4.8
Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure74.9%72.4–77.2
Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults75.5%73.3–77.5
Cholesterol screening among adults89.4%88.1–90.6
Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years63.5%60.2–66.5
Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults74.3%72.1–76.2
Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years78.4%73.6–82.4
Health Risk BehaviorsCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Binge drinking among adults15.7%14.0–17.4
Current cigarette smoking among adults8.3%7.1–9.8
No leisure-time physical activity among adults17.3%15.3–19.5
Short sleep duration among adults30.6%27.9–33.2
Health StatusCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults15.6%13.9–17.6
Frequent mental distress among adults14.0%12.7–15.4
Frequent physical distress among adults11.5%10.3–12.8
DisabilityCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Cognitive disability among adults11.0%9.7–12.4
Any disability among adults25.2%22.9–27.7
Hearing disability among adults5.7%5.1–6.4
Independent living disability among adults6.2%5.5–7.0
Mobility disability among adults11.3%10.0–12.7
Self-care disability among adults2.9%2.5–3.2
Vision disability among adults3.6%3.2–4.0
Health-Related Social NeedsCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Lack of social and emotional support among adults24.6%22.4–27.0
Food insecurity in the past 12 months among adults8.7%7.6–10.2
Received food stamps in the past 12 months among adults7.7%6.4–9.2
Housing insecurity in the past 12 months among adults7.8%6.8–9.0
Lack of reliable transportation in the past 12 months among adults5.2%4.5–5.9
Loneliness among adults35.9%33.3–38.7
Utility services shut-off threat in the past 12 months among adults3.7%3.2–4.3
Community & economyCensus ACS 5-Year · 2024 release · observed
MeasureValueUS median (p10–p90)CA median (p10–p90)
Poverty rate5.9%10.6% (3.1–25.8%) n=32,36410.6% (4.1–24.9%) n=1,714
Uninsured 18–645.2%9.0% (1.5–24.3%) n=32,2867.7% (1.7–17.9%) n=1,704
No HS diploma (25+)5.0%7.9% (1.8–20.7%) n=32,5059.8% (1.4–30.9%) n=1,729
Bachelor's or higher (25+)64.1%23.3% (9.2–53.6%) n=32,50531.3% (9.9–68.2%) n=1,729
Unemployment rate (16+)10.7%3.9% (0.0–9.8%) n=32,2746.1% (0.8–12.0%) n=1,714
Households without a vehicle3.0%3.9% (0.0–12.5%) n=32,3224.5% (0.0–12.2%) n=1,708
Broadband subscription95.3%89.3% (75.1–97.1%) n=32,32293.4% (82.1–98.4%) n=1,708
Housing cost burden (≥30% income)42.3%23.7% (10.6–40.0%) n=32,32238.6% (24.4–50.5%) n=1,708
Homeownership rate64.9%78.7% (51.7–94.0%) n=32,32264.1% (31.9–86.4%) n=1,708
Crowded housing (>1 per room)1.7%1.3% (0.0–6.3%) n=32,3224.8% (0.0–15.9%) n=1,708
Foreign-born population35.9%2.6% (0.0–18.6%) n=32,55318.9% (3.0–40.4%) n=1,730
Single-parent households54.8%53.6% (37.3–74.1%) n=32,08748.4% (35.1–72.3%) n=1,692
Population 65+20.1%19.4% (10.8–33.6%) n=32,55317.0% (9.7–35.7%) n=1,730
Median age45.7 yr42.2 yr (33.0–56.3) n=32,29240.1 yr (31.8–57.0) n=1,712
Median household income$136,892$72,070 ($46,039–$118,707) n=30,318$93,448 ($54,188–$159,562) n=1,584
Median home value$1,421,200$222,200 ($100,300–$579,820) n=30,049$659,800 ($300,520–$1,493,340) n=1,593
Median gross rent$2,407$1,021 ($677–$1,912) n=25,670$1,912 ($1,113–$2,923) n=1,461
Life expectancyNCHS / RWJF USALEEP · model-based
MeasureValueUS median (p10–p90)CA median (p10–p90)
Life expectancy at birth83.0 yr ± 0.7978.9 yr (74.7–82.8) n=31,30880.5 yr (76.7–83.8) n=1,665

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 0.79 years of 83.0, 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