Metabolic Health

Composite metabolic-health score from county obesity, diabetes, physical inactivity, food environment, and active-living access.

Scale0-100

Higher values rank better for this score.

How It's Calculated

The latest published score is normalized to a 0-100 scale. The method below explains what the score rewards, with technical source metadata available for audit.

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County Health Rankings adult obesity, diabetes, physical inactivity, and food environment values are matched from each place point to a county polygon.
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Obesity, diabetes, and physical inactivity are inverse percentile-ranked over the scored locations
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the food environment index is percentile-ranked.
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Active Living Environment is the weighted average of published Walkability, Bike / Pedestrian Commute, Park Access, and Trail Access scores.
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The overall formula is 30% low obesity, 25% low diabetes, 20% physical activity, 15% active living environment, and 10% healthy food environment.

Technical details

Score TypeMaster Score

Read from the current master score table for this criterion.

Ranking BasisSingle Score

The top 10 below ignore your blended relocation weights and sort only by Metabolic Health.

No source details available for this score.

What This Score Means

Metabolic Health rewards places with lower county obesity, lower diabetes, lower physical inactivity, healthier food environments, and stronger active-living access.

Statistics Feeding This Score

Low Obesity
Adult obesity prevalence, scored so lower prevalence ranks higher.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
Low Diabetes
Diabetes prevalence, scored so lower prevalence ranks higher.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
Physical Activity
Physical inactivity prevalence, scored so lower inactivity ranks higher.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
Healthy Food Environment
County Health Rankings food environment index, scored so stronger food environments rank higher.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
Active Living Environment
Published walkability, bike/pedestrian commute, park access, and trail access scores.
Source: Published score components

Source Data

Source: County Health Rankings & RoadmapsCounty, state, and national public-health measures from the March 25, 2026 supplemental analytic release.

Source: Published score componentsAlready-published Places component scores reused as inputs to a composite score.

Known Limits

These are county-level public-health and built-environment proxies, not individual medical advice or a guarantee of personal outcomes.
County Health Rankings modeled prevalence values can miss neighborhood variation, subpopulations, local grocery prices, exact diet quality, and clinical care quality.
Active Living Environment reuses published walkability, bike/pedestrian commute, park, and trail scores because the March 25, 2026 supplemental file does not include the exercise-opportunity field locally.
Use this alongside affordability, climate, healthcare, safety, and recreation preferences rather than as a standalone health prediction.

Top 10 Locations

Ranked by Metabolic Health.

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