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ZIP code

93267

in Strathmore, CaliforniaPopulation 5,531

31.15/ 100

Ranked #30,516 of 32,066 US ZIPs (bottom 4.9%)

Ranked #1,667 of 1,719 California ZIPs (bottom 3.1%)

Ranked #25 of 31 Visalia, CA ZIPs (bottom 19%)

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.

Colon-cancer screening

46.6%

in the bottom 1.1% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST5th
US1st
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults aged 45–75 who are up to date on colorectal-cancer screening.

Full methodology ›

Nitrate in drinking water

86.8%

in the top 0.2% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST98th
US99th
Definition & source ›

The modeled share of this area’s domestic-well groundwater at or above the federal nitrate limit of 10 milligrams per liter.

A modeled likelihood for untreated groundwater, the source drawn on by private wells, which are federally unregulated. It is not a measurement of treated water delivered by a public system, and it is not a test of any individual well.

Full methodology ›

Vision disability

12.0%

in the top 2.1% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST97th
US98th
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults who are blind or have serious difficulty seeing even with glasses.

Full methodology ›

Uninsured (under 65)

23.9%

in the top 2.6% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST96th
US97th
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults aged 18–64 with no current health-insurance coverage.

Full methodology ›

Fair or poor health

37.2%

in the top 1.5% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST96th
US99th
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults who rate their own general health as fair or poor.

Full methodology ›

Fine-particle (PM2.5) exceedance

7.5%

in the top 0.4% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST95th
US99th
Definition & source ›

The share of days in the year when modeled fine-particle (PM2.5) pollution was above the EPA’s daily limit of 35 micrograms per cubic meter.

Full methodology ›

Air-toxics cancer risk

47.4 per million

in the top 1.3% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST91st
US99th
Definition & source ›

The EPA’s modeled estimate of added lifetime cancer risk from breathing outdoor air toxics, in cases per million people exposed over a lifetime.

Full methodology ›

Self-care disability

7.7%

in the top 3.6% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST97th
US96th
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of adults with difficulty dressing or bathing.

Full methodology ›

Dry extreme heat

99.9 days/year

in the top 1.5% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST91st
US99th
Definition & source ›

The average number of days per year with a modeled daily high of at least 95 °F.

Full methodology ›

Crowded housing

16.2%

in the top 1.9% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST90th
US98th
Definition & source ›

The share of occupied homes with more than one person per room, the Census definition of crowded housing.

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
  • Food insecurity
  • Housing insecurity
  • Adults reporting fair or poor health

Barriers to reaching care

  • Thin local supply of doctors
  • Thin local supply of pharmacies
  • Limited home internet for telehealth

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

On the composite measure, Strathmore, California (ZIP 93267) stands in the bottom 4.9% nationally (30,516th) and the bottom 3.1% of California (1,667th).

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On the ground here, a handful of readings tell most of the story: modeled colon screening registers in the bottom 1.1% nationally, and nitrate lies in the top 0.2% nationally. Modeled vision disability is in the top 2.1% nationally, and uninsured registers in the top 2.6% nationally. Modeled fair or poor health lies in the top 1.5% nationally, fine-particle is in the top 0.4% nationally, and air-toxics cancer risk registers in the top 1.3% nationally. Modeled self-care disability lies in the top 3.6% nationally, modeled extreme heat is in the top 1.5% nationally, and crowded housing registers in the top 1.9% nationally.

Set beside the wider area around it, outer-floodplain exposure runs far higher than the surrounding ZIPs on this measure. For clarity, nitrate is a groundwater compound from fertilizer, manure, and sewage, here a modeled estimate of the chance private-well levels exceed a benchmark. Fine-particle is fine airborne particles about one-thirtieth the width of a hair, counted on modeled days above the EPA standard. Air-toxics cancer risk is a modeled EPA estimate of added lifetime cancer risk from breathing outdoor air, per million people. ZIP 93247, just across the boundary, ranks better overall among the ZIPs nearby.

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 Visalia, CA metro area.

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

Compare within

Lifting this score

Healthcare Access

healthier than 68%

5%

About typical

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 49%

21%

Holding it back

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 2%

16%

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 4%

14%

Preventive Care

in the bottom 1.0%

13%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 20%

11%

Mental Health

healthier than 23%

8%

Disability

healthier than 4%

7%

Climate / Disaster Risk

healthier than 17%

5%

Nothing measured is lifting this score.

About typical

Healthcare Access

healthier than 45%

5%

Holding it back

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 19%

21%

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 2%

16%

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 18%

14%

Preventive Care

healthier than 4%

13%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 9%

11%

Mental Health

healthier than 13%

8%

Disability

healthier than 3%

7%

Climate / Disaster Risk

healthier than 14%

5%

Lifting this score

Climate / Disaster Risk

healthier than 60%

5%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 70%

5%

About typical

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 53%

14%

Preventive Care

healthier than 40%

13%

Holding it back

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 17%

21%

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 17%

16%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 37%

11%

Mental Health

healthier than 17%

8%

Disability

healthier than 20%

7%

“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.

  • Highest-risk tenth

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

    Modeled air-toxics cancer risk is 47.4 cases per million — among the tenth of compared ZIP codes with the most. Estimated life expectancy is 77.5 ± 1.5 years.

    Ranked #245 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 adults22.8%20.0–25.6
High blood pressure among adults34.9%31.1–38.8
Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults5.6%5.0–6.2
Current asthma among adults10.5%9.2–11.8
Coronary heart disease among adults7.9%7.1–8.7
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults8.1%7.2–9.1
Depression among adults23.0%19.6–26.8
Diagnosed diabetes among adults16.4%14.4–18.4
High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened36.1%32.0–40.2
Obesity among adults38.6%31.6–46.1
Stroke among adults4.4%4.0–4.8
All teeth lost among adults aged >=65 years23.4%19.6–27.4
PreventionCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years23.9%20.4–27.7
Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure70.2%66.8–73.2
Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults68.0%63.7–72.2
Cholesterol screening among adults79.2%76.6–81.7
Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years46.6%41.3–52.0
Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults45.8%42.2–49.4
Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years66.6%57.7–74.6
Health Risk BehaviorsCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Binge drinking among adults14.7%12.0–17.6
Current cigarette smoking among adults17.1%14.8–19.5
No leisure-time physical activity among adults39.5%34.5–44.5
Short sleep duration among adults35.6%29.8–41.8
Health StatusCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults37.2%33.4–41.0
Frequent mental distress among adults20.3%18.2–22.7
Frequent physical distress among adults19.8%17.6–22.1
DisabilityCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Cognitive disability among adults22.3%19.9–24.8
Any disability among adults42.8%38.2–47.5
Hearing disability among adults8.2%7.3–9.1
Independent living disability among adults13.8%12.3–15.3
Mobility disability among adults22.1%19.7–24.7
Self-care disability among adults7.7%7.0–8.5
Vision disability among adults12.0%10.8–13.1
Health-Related Social NeedsCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Lack of social and emotional support among adults29.7%25.7–33.7
Food insecurity in the past 12 months among adults37.0%32.7–41.2
Received food stamps in the past 12 months among adults37.1%33.1–41.0
Housing insecurity in the past 12 months among adults28.0%24.6–31.3
Lack of reliable transportation in the past 12 months among adults18.5%16.3–20.6
Loneliness among adults37.5%32.6–42.4
Utility services shut-off threat in the past 12 months among adults15.8%13.8–17.8
Community & economyCensus ACS 5-Year · 2024 release · observed
MeasureValueUS median (p10–p90)CA median (p10–p90)
Poverty rate25.0%10.6% (3.1–25.8%) n=32,36410.6% (4.1–24.9%) n=1,714
Uninsured 18–6416.4%9.0% (1.5–24.3%) n=32,2867.7% (1.7–17.9%) n=1,704
No HS diploma (25+)38.5%7.9% (1.8–20.7%) n=32,5059.8% (1.4–30.9%) n=1,729
Bachelor's or higher (25+)6.3%23.3% (9.2–53.6%) n=32,50531.3% (9.9–68.2%) n=1,729
Unemployment rate (16+)10.4%3.9% (0.0–9.8%) n=32,2746.1% (0.8–12.0%) n=1,714
Households without a vehicle0.3%3.9% (0.0–12.5%) n=32,3224.5% (0.0–12.2%) n=1,708
Broadband subscription89.3%89.3% (75.1–97.1%) n=32,32293.4% (82.1–98.4%) n=1,708
Housing cost burden (≥30% income)27.3%23.7% (10.6–40.0%) n=32,32238.6% (24.4–50.5%) n=1,708
Homeownership rate67.1%78.7% (51.7–94.0%) n=32,32264.1% (31.9–86.4%) n=1,708
Crowded housing (>1 per room)16.2%1.3% (0.0–6.3%) n=32,3224.8% (0.0–15.9%) n=1,708
Foreign-born population21.6%2.6% (0.0–18.6%) n=32,55318.9% (3.0–40.4%) n=1,730
Single-parent households51.4%53.6% (37.3–74.1%) n=32,08748.4% (35.1–72.3%) n=1,692
Population 65+10.6%19.4% (10.8–33.6%) n=32,55317.0% (9.7–35.7%) n=1,730
Median age35.4 yr42.2 yr (33.0–56.3) n=32,29240.1 yr (31.8–57.0) n=1,712
Median household income$47,344$72,070 ($46,039–$118,707) n=30,318$93,448 ($54,188–$159,562) n=1,584
Median home value$237,000$222,200 ($100,300–$579,820) n=30,049$659,800 ($300,520–$1,493,340) n=1,593
Median gross rent$986$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 birth77.5 yr ± 0.7678.9 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 0.76 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