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98846

in Pateros, WashingtonPopulation 1,376

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45.74/ 100

Ranked #21,609 of 32,066 US ZIPs (bottom 33%)

Ranked #506 of 581 Washington ZIPs (bottom 13.0%)

Ranks are modeled estimates — ZIPs a few hundred places apart are effectively tied.

Broad coverage across 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.

Arsenic in groundwater

42.3%

in the top 1.4% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST99th
US99th
Definition & source ›

The modeled probability that untreated groundwater in this area — the source private wells draw on — exceeds the federal arsenic limit of 10 micrograms 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 ›

Park land

46.1%

in the top 2.8% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST95th
US97th
Definition & source ›

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

Full methodology ›

Mammography

65.9%

in the bottom 3.8% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST7th
US4th
Definition & source ›

The estimated share of women aged 50–74 who had a mammogram within the past two years.

Full methodology ›

Fine-particle (PM2.5) exceedance

2.5%

in the top 3.1% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST90th
US97th
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

19.9 per million

in the bottom 7.8% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST13th
US8th
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 ›

Dental provider access

0.93 per 1,000 residents

in the top 8.0% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST89th
US92nd
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 ›

Walkability

2.3 intersections/sq mi

in the bottom 9.5% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST19th
US9th
Definition & source ›

The number of street intersections per square mile — a standard street-connectivity measure; denser networks correlate with more walkable neighborhoods.

Full methodology ›

Distance to a Superfund site

56.2 mi

in the top 9.8% nationally

Higher is healthier

ST97th
US90th
Definition & source ›

The distance in miles from this ZIP’s edge to the nearest Superfund site — an abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous-waste site the EPA has listed for cleanup.

Full methodology ›

Uninsured (under 65)

16.1%

in the top 9.0% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST94th
US91st
Definition & source ›

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

Full methodology ›

Fatal road crashes

29.1 per 100,000 residents per year

in the top 14.3% nationally

Lower is healthier

ST91st
US86th
Definition & 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 ›

The read

On balance, and by the composite measure, Pateros, Washington (ZIP 98846) ranks in the bottom 33% nationally (21,609th) and the bottom 13.0% of Washington (506th), based on limited data; treat as directional.

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Strengths and concerns sit side by side across the measures here: park land lies in the top 2.8% nationally, and modeled air-toxics cancer risk resides in the bottom 7.8% nationally. Dental providers lands in the top 8.0% nationally, and distance to a Superfund site registers in the top 9.8% nationally. On the other hand, modeled arsenic sits in the top 1.4% nationally, mammography rests in the bottom 3.8% nationally, and fine-particle is in the top 3.1% nationally. Walkability stands in the bottom 9.5% nationally, modeled uninsured settles in the top 9.0% nationally, and fatal road crashes lies in the top 14.3% nationally.

Compared with the ZIPs it borders, park land runs far higher than the surrounding ZIPs on this measure. In plainer terms, arsenic is a natural groundwater contaminant, 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. For a healthier nearby ZIP overall, look to ZIP 98816, 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.

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Lifting this score

Risk Behavior

healthier than 62%

11%

Climate / Disaster RiskPartial

healthier than 94%

5%

About typical

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 50%

21%

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 58%

16%

Holding it back

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 14%

14%

Preventive Care

healthier than 6%

13%

Mental Health

healthier than 39%

8%

Disability

healthier than 24%

7%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 36%

5%

Lifting this score

Climate / Disaster RiskPartial

healthier than 68%

5%

About typical

Mental Health

healthier than 57%

8%

Holding it back

Chronic Disease Burden

healthier than 24%

21%

Social Need / SDOH

healthier than 19%

16%

Environmental Hazard

healthier than 16%

14%

Preventive Care

healthier than 10%

13%

Risk Behavior

healthier than 13%

11%

Disability

healthier than 7%

7%

Healthcare Access

healthier than 30%

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.

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 adults29.9%27.1–32.9
High blood pressure among adults36.1%32.7–39.6
Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults8.8%8.1–9.7
Current asthma among adults11.3%10.1–12.6
Coronary heart disease among adults8.2%7.3–9.1
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults8.3%7.2–9.5
Depression among adults24.3%21.2–27.6
Diagnosed diabetes among adults13.1%11.5–14.9
High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened36.5%32.9–40.2
Obesity among adults32.8%27.6–38.4
Stroke among adults4.3%3.9–4.8
All teeth lost among adults aged >=65 years10.9%8.9–13.1
PreventionCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years16.1%13.6–19.0
Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure73.4%70.4–76.5
Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults71.4%67.9–75.1
Cholesterol screening among adults82.0%80.0–84.2
Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years60.1%55.5–64.4
Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults54.1%50.6–57.6
Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years65.9%58.2–72.7
Health Risk BehaviorsCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Binge drinking among adults14.8%12.4–17.6
Current cigarette smoking among adults15.5%13.2–18.0
No leisure-time physical activity among adults26.4%22.6–30.6
Short sleep duration among adults34.3%29.3–39.3
Health StatusCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults24.4%21.3–27.9
Frequent mental distress among adults17.2%15.4–19.2
Frequent physical distress among adults16.7%14.8–18.8
DisabilityCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
MeasureCrude prevalence95% CI
Cognitive disability among adults17.4%15.4–19.7
Any disability among adults36.4%32.3–40.8
Hearing disability among adults9.3%8.3–10.4
Independent living disability among adults9.9%8.7–11.2
Mobility disability among adults17.0%14.8–19.4
Self-care disability among adults5.3%4.7–6.0
Vision disability among adults7.0%6.3–7.9
Community & economyCensus ACS 5-Year · 2024 release · observed
MeasureValueUS median (p10–p90)WA median (p10–p90)
Poverty rate13.7%10.6% (3.1–25.8%) n=32,3649.6% (3.5–22.3%) n=583
Uninsured 18–6430.6%9.0% (1.5–24.3%) n=32,2868.2% (1.8–22.7%) n=582
No HS diploma (25+)25.4%7.9% (1.8–20.7%) n=32,5057.0% (1.5–16.5%) n=588
Bachelor's or higher (25+)21.1%23.3% (9.2–53.6%) n=32,50527.4% (12.3–59.7%) n=588
Unemployment rate (16+)4.7%3.9% (0.0–9.8%) n=32,2744.5% (0.0–9.7%) n=584
Households without a vehicle5.2%3.9% (0.0–12.5%) n=32,3223.7% (0.0–10.2%) n=580
Broadband subscription78.5%89.3% (75.1–97.1%) n=32,32292.7% (81.1–97.4%) n=580
Housing cost burden (≥30% income)14.3%23.7% (10.6–40.0%) n=32,32228.9% (14.6–40.6%) n=580
Homeownership rate83.9%78.7% (51.7–94.0%) n=32,32275.2% (48.2–91.7%) n=580
Crowded housing (>1 per room)0.4%1.3% (0.0–6.3%) n=32,3222.6% (0.0–7.9%) n=580
Foreign-born population20.3%2.6% (0.0–18.6%) n=32,5536.7% (0.3–27.6%) n=588
Single-parent households45.6%53.6% (37.3–74.1%) n=32,08754.3% (40.5–76.0%) n=574
Population 65+10.2%19.4% (10.8–33.6%) n=32,55318.9% (10.3–36.9%) n=588
Median age40.2 yr42.2 yr (33.0–56.3) n=32,29241.0 yr (32.9–58.8) n=584
Median household income$84,464$72,070 ($46,039–$118,707) n=30,318$84,646 ($56,217–$132,145) n=547
Median home value$338,200$222,200 ($100,300–$579,820) n=30,049$452,750 ($241,540–$826,380) n=542
Median gross rent$971$1,021 ($677–$1,912) n=25,670$1,416 ($840–$2,197) n=476
Life expectancyNCHS / RWJF USALEEP · model-based
MeasureValueUS median (p10–p90)WA median (p10–p90)
Life expectancy at birth82.0 yr ± 1.1178.9 yr (74.7–82.8) n=31,30880.2 yr (77.3–83.1) n=584

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 1.11 years of 82.0, 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