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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.

Comparing14304Niagara Falls, NY54981Waupaca, WI2–5 ZIPs · 2 selected

ZipVitals Score and its national and state ranks, compared across 2 ZIP codes. Higher is healthier. The nine scoring domains follow, one table each.
Metric	Niagara Falls14304 · NY	Waupaca54981 · WI
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	54.52	55.00 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#10,042of 32,066 US ZIPs	#9,449of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#1,090of 1,730 NY ZIPs	#300of 763 WI ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#63of 86 ZIPs in its metro area	Not in a metro area

ZipVitals Score and its national and state ranks, compared across 2 ZIP codes. Higher is healthier. The nine scoring domains follow, one table each.
Metric	Niagara Falls14304 · NY	Waupaca54981 · WI
ZipVitals Score	54.52	55.00 Leads
National rank	#10,042of 32,066 US ZIPs	#9,449of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#1,090of 1,730 NY ZIPs	#300of 763 WI ZIPs
Metro rank	#63of 86 ZIPs in its metro area	Not 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 — 14304: Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY · 54981: 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

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Healthcare Access5% of the score 54981 leads · 27-point gap
54981Waupaca		in the top 0.00% · 100% in Wisconsin	1 of 2
14304Niagara Falls		healthier than 73% · 64% in New York, 57% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 54981 leads · 20-point gap
54981Waupaca		healthier than 78% · 74% in Wisconsin	1 of 2
14304Niagara Falls		healthier than 58% · 52% in New York, 36% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 14304 leads · 8-point gap
14304Niagara Falls		healthier than 51% · 39% in New York, 45% in its metro area	1 of 2
54981Waupaca		healthier than 43% · 57% in Wisconsin	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 54981 leads · 6-point gap
54981Waupaca		healthier than 75% · 52% in Wisconsin	1 of 2
14304Niagara Falls		healthier than 69% · 32% in New York, 17% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 54981 leads · 5-point gap
54981Waupaca		healthier than 71% · 76% in Wisconsin	1 of 2
14304Niagara Falls		healthier than 66% · 23% in New York, 44% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 14304 leads · 4-point gap
14304Niagara Falls		healthier than 64% · 33% in New York, 27% in its metro area	1 of 2
54981Waupaca		healthier than 60% · 47% in Wisconsin	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 14304 leads · 2-point gap
14304Niagara Falls		healthier than 50% · 25% in New York, 28% in its metro area	1 of 2
54981Waupaca		healthier than 48% · 37% in Wisconsin	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the scoretied — no single leader
14304Niagara Falls		healthier than 25% · 15% in New York, 3% in its metro area	=1 of 2
54981Waupaca		healthier than 25% · 18% in Wisconsin	=1 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the scoretied — no single leader
14304Niagara Falls		healthier than 85% · 49% in New York, 41% in its metro area	=1 of 2
54981Waupaca		healthier than 85% · 74% in Wisconsin	=1 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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Waupaca vs. Niagara Falls

Waupaca 54981 · WILEADS55.00

Niagara Falls 14304 · NY54.52

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

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