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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.

Comparing46218Indianapolis, IN53206Milwaukee, 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	Indianapolis46218 · IN	Milwaukee53206 · WI
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	29.10 Leads	23.53
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#30,930of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#31,614of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#749of 757 IN ZIPs	#763of 763 WI ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#115of 115 ZIPs in its metro area	#80of 80 ZIPs in its 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	Indianapolis46218 · IN	Milwaukee53206 · WI
ZipVitals Score	29.10 Leads	23.53
National rank	#30,930of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#31,614of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#749of 757 IN ZIPs	#763of 763 WI ZIPs
Metro rank	#115of 115 ZIPs in its metro area	#80of 80 ZIPs in its metro area

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

Metro areas — 46218: Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN · 53206: Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI.

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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Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 53206 leads · 17-point gap
53206Milwaukee		healthier than 89% · 86% in Wisconsin, 88% in its metro area	1 of 2
46218Indianapolis		healthier than 72% · 77% in Indiana, 89% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 46218 leads · 15-point gap
46218Indianapolis		healthier than 94% · 91% in Indiana, 87% in its metro area	1 of 2
53206Milwaukee		healthier than 79% · 88% in Wisconsin, 75% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 46218 leads · 5-point gap
46218Indianapolis		healthier than 27% · 10% in Indiana, 10% in its metro area	1 of 2
53206Milwaukee		healthier than 22% · 3% in Wisconsin, 6% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 46218 leads · 5-point gap
46218Indianapolis		healthier than 15% · 20% in Indiana, 15% in its metro area	1 of 2
53206Milwaukee		healthier than 10% · 1% in Wisconsin, 3% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 53206 leads · 4-point gap
53206Milwaukee		healthier than 12% · 9% in Wisconsin, 44% in its metro area	1 of 2
46218Indianapolis		healthier than 8% · 10% in Indiana, 11% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 46218 leads · 3-point gap
46218Indianapolis		healthier than 3% · 2% in Indiana, 0% in its metro area	1 of 2
53206Milwaukee		in the bottom 0.2% · 0% in Wisconsin, 0% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 46218 leads · 2-point gap
46218Indianapolis		healthier than 2% · 2% in Indiana, 0% in its metro area	1 of 2
53206Milwaukee		in the bottom 0.3% · 0% in Wisconsin, 0% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 46218 leads · 1-point gap
46218Indianapolis		healthier than 3% · 1% in Indiana, 0% in its metro area	1 of 2
53206Milwaukee		healthier than 2% · 0% in Wisconsin, 1% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the scoretied — no single leader
46218Indianapolis		healthier than 3% · 1% in Indiana, 0% in its metro area	=1 of 2
53206Milwaukee		healthier than 3% · 0% in Wisconsin, 1% in its metro area	=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. 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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Indianapolis vs. Milwaukee

Indianapolis 46218 · INLEADS29.10

Milwaukee 53206 · WI23.53

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

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