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Line up 2–5 ZIP codes and read the ZipVitals Score, both ranks, and every scoring domain against the same national scale. Descriptive of documented conditions — never a verdict on the people who live there.

Comparing11965Shelter Island Heights, NY50835Benton, IA
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ZipVitals Score and its national and state ranks, compared across 2 ZIP codes. Higher is healthier. The nine scoring domains follow, one table each.
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Shelter Island Heights11965 · NY
Benton50835 · IA
ZipVitals Score59.42 Leads53.49
National rank#5,263of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads#11,373of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank#654of 1,730 NY ZIPs#380of 922 IA ZIPs
Metro rank#640of 853 ZIPs in its metro areaNot in a metro area

ZipVitals Score — Composite of 9 scoring domainsNational rank, State rank and Metro rank — Among ZIPs with a computed score

Metro areas — 11965: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ · 50835: not in a metro area.

Where these ZIPs differ, domain by domain

Nine domains make up the ZipVitals Score. Each one is placed on the same national scale, and the domains where these ZIPs are furthest apart come first. Higher is healthier in every one.

Compared with the ZIP codes measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. How the score works, and who it compares you with ›

Every ranking, bar and gap below is measured against the same national group. Where a ZIP’s line also mentions its state or its metro area, that figure is measured against a different group — its own — so it is context for that one ZIP and never a comparison between them.

Furthest apart first

all 2 ZIPs can be placed on these 9 domains
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 11965 leads · 49-point gap
11965Shelter Island Heightshealthier than 76% · 71% in New York, 40% in its metro area1 of 2
50835Bentonhealthier than 27% · 28% in Iowa2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 11965 leads · 33-point gap
11965Shelter Island Heightshealthier than 84% · 90% in New York, 97% in its metro area1 of 2
50835Bentonhealthier than 51% · 75% in Iowa2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the score 11965 leads · 22-point gap
11965Shelter Island Heightshealthier than 55% · 44% in New York, 19% in its metro area1 of 2
50835Bentonhealthier than 33% · 68% in Iowa2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 11965 leads · 12-point gap
11965Shelter Island Heightshealthier than 81% · 80% in New York, 60% in its metro area1 of 2
50835Bentonhealthier than 69% · 94% in Iowa2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 11965 leads · 11-point gap
11965Shelter Island Heightshealthier than 63% · 32% in New York, 17% in its metro area1 of 2
50835Bentonhealthier than 52% · 32% in Iowa2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 11965 leads · 9-point gap
11965Shelter Island Heightshealthier than 30% · 9% in New York, 1% in its metro area1 of 2
50835Bentonhealthier than 21% · 4% in Iowa2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 11965 leads · 3-point gap
11965Shelter Island Heightshealthier than 97% · 87% in New York, 63% in its metro area1 of 2
50835Bentonhealthier than 94% · 99% in Iowa2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 11965 leads · 3-point gap
11965Shelter Island Heightshealthier than 40% · 11% in New York, 21% in its metro area1 of 2
50835Bentonhealthier than 37% · 17% in Iowa2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 11965 leads · 1-point gap
11965Shelter Island Heightshealthier than 96% · 87% in New York, 90% in its metro area1 of 2
50835Bentonhealthier than 95% · 98% in Iowa2 of 2

“Of the score” is the domain’s weight in the ZipVitals Score — a property of the score itself, the same on every ZIP. Not every ZIP sits in a metro area — those show a state figure only. A gap is the distance between the highest and lowest of these ZIPs on that domain’s national scale. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.

Data release 2026 · higher is healthier on every row. How the ZipVitals Score is calculated →

The State rank and Metro rank rows show no “Leads” marker: each ZIP is ranked against the ZIPs in its own state and the ZIPs in its own metro area, so those ranks are not ordered against one another.

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Shelter Island Heights vs. Benton

Shelter Island Heights 11965 · NYLEADS59.42
Benton 50835 · IA53.49

Data release 2026 · public federal and academic sources · higher is healthier

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