ZIP code
97368
in Otis, OregonPopulation 2,803
41.72/ 100
Ranked #25,460 of 32,066 US ZIPs (bottom 21%)
Ranked #345 of 407 Oregon ZIPs (bottom 15%)
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.
Humid extreme heat
0.5 days/year
in the bottom 0.4% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST4thUS1stDefinition & source ›
The average number of days per year when modeled heat stress — temperature, humidity, sun, and wind combined — reaches levels hard on the body outdoors.
Full methodology ›Crowded housing
12.4%
in the top 3.2% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST97thUS97thDefinition & source ›
The share of occupied homes with more than one person per room, the Census definition of crowded housing.
Full methodology ›Fatal road crashes
49.9 per 100,000 residents per year
in the top 3.9% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST95thUS96thDefinition & 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 ›Park land
34.8%
in the top 4.0% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST86thUS96thDefinition & source ›
The share of this ZIP’s land area that is public parkland.
Full methodology ›Distance to a nursing home
17.7 mi
in the top 4.1% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST79thUS96thDefinition & source ›
The distance in miles from this ZIP’s edge to the nearest Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing home.
Full methodology ›Distance to a hazardous-chemical facility
19.1 mi
in the top 5.3% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST79thUS95thDefinition & 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 ›Coronary heart disease
10.7%
in the top 5.6% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST87thUS94thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults who have been told by a health professional that they have coronary heart disease or angina.
Full methodology ›Tree cover
74.1%
in the top 7.3% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST88thUS93rdDefinition & source ›
The share of this ZIP’s land area covered by forest.
Full methodology ›Stroke
5.5%
in the top 7.8% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST91stUS92ndDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults who have been told by a health professional that they have had a stroke.
Full methodology ›Natural-disaster risk
in the top 8.8% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST76thUS91stDefinition & 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
In overall standing, Otis, Oregon (ZIP 97368) comes out in the bottom 21% nationally (25,460th) and the bottom 15% of Oregon (345th).
Both sides of the picture show up plainly in this area's numbers: modeled humid heat sits in the bottom 0.4% nationally, park land settles in the top 4.0% nationally, and distance to a hazardous-chemical facility registers in the top 5.3% nationally. Modeled tree cover stands in the top 7.3% nationally. By contrast, crowded housing lands in the top 3.2% nationally, and fatal road crashes is in the top 3.9% nationally. Distance to a nursing home resides in the top 4.1% nationally, and modeled coronary heart disease rests in the top 5.6% nationally. Modeled stroke lies in the top 7.8% nationally, and disaster risk sits in the top 8.8% nationally.
Relative to the ZIPs around it, park land runs far higher than the surrounding ZIPs on this measure. In plain terms, 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. Disaster risk is the area's national rank on its highest non-flood peril in FEMA's modeled Risk Index, like wildfire or quake. Humid heat is a modeled heat-stress measure combining temperature, humidity, sun, and wind to gauge heat on the body outdoors. The nearest healthier ZIP overall is ZIP 97149, 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.
Lifting this score
Social Need / SDOH
healthier than 68%
16%
Environmental Hazard
healthier than 95%
14%
Climate / Disaster Risk
healthier than 96%
5%
About typical
Risk Behavior
healthier than 59%
11%
Holding it back
Chronic Disease Burden
healthier than 7%
21%
Preventive Care
healthier than 30%
13%
Mental Health
healthier than 10%
8%
Disability
healthier than 13%
7%
Healthcare Access
healthier than 30%
5%
Lifting this score
Environmental Hazard
healthier than 87%
14%
Climate / Disaster Risk
healthier than 79%
5%
About typical
Social Need / SDOH
healthier than 44%
16%
Holding it back
Chronic Disease Burden
healthier than 9%
21%
Preventive Care
healthier than 38%
13%
Risk Behavior
healthier than 8%
11%
Mental Health
healthier than 20%
8%
Disability
healthier than 7%
7%
Healthcare Access
healthier than 39%
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 95.2 (top 10%); chronic-disease standing 6.6 (bottom 10%) — 89 points apart, cleaner on the environment than it is on chronic illness.
Ranked #161 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
97149
Oregonshares a border
Score 51.22
Closest healthier
97364
Oregonshares a border
Score 51.17
Similar health profile
97458
Oregon98% similar profile
Score 40.22
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 | 38.0% | 34.3–41.6 |
| High blood pressure among adults | 43.9% | 39.7–48.0 |
| Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults | 11.8% | 10.6–12.9 |
| Current asthma among adults | 13.3% | 11.8–14.9 |
| Coronary heart disease among adults | 10.7% | 9.5–11.9 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults | 12.4% | 10.8–14.1 |
| Depression among adults | 28.7% | 25.0–32.6 |
| Diagnosed diabetes among adults | 16.9% | 14.6–19.2 |
| High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened | 39.9% | 35.8–44.2 |
| Obesity among adults | 39.3% | 32.7–46.0 |
| Stroke among adults | 5.5% | 4.9–6.0 |
| All teeth lost among adults aged >=65 years | 16.0% | 13.1–19.4 |
PreventionCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years | 9.2% | 7.5–11.0 |
| Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure | 77.3% | 74.0–80.1 |
| Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults | 76.0% | 72.2–79.3 |
| Cholesterol screening among adults | 85.0% | 83.0–86.8 |
| Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years | 61.7% | 56.1–67.0 |
| Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults | 58.5% | 54.4–62.4 |
| Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years | 74.5% | 66.2–81.5 |
Health Risk BehaviorsCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Binge drinking among adults | 13.2% | 10.8–15.7 |
| Current cigarette smoking among adults | 18.1% | 15.3–21.0 |
| No leisure-time physical activity among adults | 27.4% | 23.0–32.1 |
| Short sleep duration among adults | 34.7% | 28.5–41.2 |
Health StatusCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults | 27.5% | 24.0–31.1 |
| Frequent mental distress among adults | 18.9% | 16.8–21.2 |
| Frequent physical distress among adults | 19.8% | 17.5–22.2 |
DisabilityCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Cognitive disability among adults | 17.2% | 15.1–19.4 |
| Any disability among adults | 38.8% | 34.2–43.4 |
| Hearing disability among adults | 10.9% | 9.6–12.1 |
| Independent living disability among adults | 11.6% | 10.2–13.0 |
| Mobility disability among adults | 21.2% | 18.5–24.1 |
| Self-care disability among adults | 6.0% | 5.3–6.8 |
| Vision disability among adults | 7.3% | 6.5–8.1 |
Community & economyCensus ACS 5-Year · 2024 release · observed
| Measure | Value | US median (p10–p90) | OR median (p10–p90) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poverty rate | 22.9% | 10.6% (3.1–25.8%) n=32,364 | 11.7% (4.7–26.4%) n=411 |
| Uninsured 18–64 | 19.1% | 9.0% (1.5–24.3%) n=32,286 | 7.9% (0.9–19.7%) n=411 |
| No HS diploma (25+) | 10.5% | 7.9% (1.8–20.7%) n=32,505 | 7.5% (1.2–16.6%) n=412 |
| Bachelor's or higher (25+) | 28.4% | 23.3% (9.2–53.6%) n=32,505 | 23.7% (11.1–49.6%) n=412 |
| Unemployment rate (16+) | 1.3% | 3.9% (0.0–9.8%) n=32,274 | 4.8% (0.0–10.0%) n=409 |
| Households without a vehicle | 2.1% | 3.9% (0.0–12.5%) n=32,322 | 3.3% (0.0–10.0%) n=410 |
| Broadband subscription | 94.7% | 89.3% (75.1–97.1%) n=32,322 | 90.4% (76.7–96.9%) n=410 |
| Housing cost burden (≥30% income) | 24.8% | 23.7% (10.6–40.0%) n=32,322 | 29.9% (14.6–42.0%) n=410 |
| Homeownership rate | 91.0% | 78.7% (51.7–94.0%) n=32,322 | 73.5% (52.8–90.2%) n=410 |
| Crowded housing (>1 per room) | 12.4% | 1.3% (0.0–6.3%) n=32,322 | 2.1% (0.0–6.7%) n=410 |
| Foreign-born population | 11.5% | 2.6% (0.0–18.6%) n=32,553 | 4.0% (0.0–13.0%) n=412 |
| Single-parent households | 46.0% | 53.6% (37.3–74.1%) n=32,087 | 57.5% (43.5–77.1%) n=407 |
| Population 65+ | 29.6% | 19.4% (10.8–33.6%) n=32,553 | 22.5% (12.7–42.1%) n=412 |
| Median age | 48.8 yr | 42.2 yr (33.0–56.3) n=32,292 | 45.1 yr (36.3–62.2) n=410 |
| Median household income | $61,821 | $72,070 ($46,039–$118,707) n=30,318 | $72,301 ($49,007–$109,558) n=378 |
| Median home value | $325,700 | $222,200 ($100,300–$579,820) n=30,049 | $413,900 ($238,120–$653,360) n=374 |
| Median gross rent | $1,189 | $1,021 ($677–$1,912) n=25,670 | $1,252 ($807–$1,772) n=327 |
Life expectancyNCHS / RWJF USALEEP · model-based
| Measure | Value | US median (p10–p90) | OR median (p10–p90) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy at birth | 79.0 yr ± 1.19 | 78.9 yr (74.7–82.8) n=31,308 | 79.1 yr (76.4–82.0) n=409 |
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 1.19 years of 79.0, and it’s very unlikely to be off by more than twice that.
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