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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.

Comparing48471Sandusky, MI59443Fort Shaw, MT
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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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Sandusky48471 · MI
Fort Shaw59443 · MT
ZipVitals Score47.39 Leads46.74
National rank#19,677of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads#20,470of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank#667of 973 MI ZIPs#225of 341 MT ZIPs
Metro rankNot in a metro area#12of 17 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 — 48471: not in a metro area · 59443: Great Falls, MT.

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
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 48471 leads · 34-point gap
48471Sanduskyhealthier than 59% · 48% in Michigan1 of 2
59443Fort Shawhealthier than 25% · 43% in Montana, 49% in its metro area2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 48471 leads · 19-point gap
48471Sanduskyhealthier than 65% · 30% in Michigan1 of 2
59443Fort Shawhealthier than 46% · 68% in Montana, 41% in its metro area2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 59443 leads · 12-point gap
59443Fort Shawhealthier than 59% · 58% in Montana, 49% in its metro area1 of 2
48471Sanduskyhealthier than 47% · 51% in Michigan2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 59443 leads · 11-point gap
59443Fort Shawhealthier than 23% · 17% in Montana, 50% in its metro area1 of 2
48471Sanduskyhealthier than 12% · 26% in Michigan2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 48471 leads · 6-point gap
48471Sanduskyhealthier than 45% · 35% in Michigan1 of 2
59443Fort Shawhealthier than 39% · 16% in Montana, 46% in its metro area2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 48471 leads · 2-point gap
48471Sanduskyhealthier than 32% · 33% in Michigan1 of 2
59443Fort Shawhealthier than 30% · 26% in Montana, 25% in its metro area2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 59443 leads · 2-point gap
59443Fort ShawPartialhealthier than 98% · 74% in Montana, 78% in its metro area1 of 2
48471Sanduskyhealthier than 96% · 91% in Michigan2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 59443 leads · 1-point gap
59443Fort Shawhealthier than 39% · 33% in Montana, 37% in its metro area1 of 2
48471Sanduskyhealthier than 38% · 33% in Michigan2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the scoretied — no single leader
48471Sanduskyhealthier than 10% · 5% in Michigan=1 of 2
59443Fort Shawhealthier than 10% · 45% in Montana, 17% 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. 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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Sandusky vs. Fort Shaw

Sandusky 48471 · MILEADS47.39
Fort Shaw 59443 · MT46.74

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

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