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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.

Comparing49503Grand Rapids, MI54601La Crosse, WI
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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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Grand Rapids49503 · MI
La Crosse54601 · WI
ZipVitals Score52.54 Leads52.51
National rank#12,706of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads#12,738of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank#387of 973 MI ZIPs#450of 763 WI ZIPs
Metro rank#43of 79 ZIPs in its metro area#19of 26 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 — 49503: Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI · 54601: La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN.

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
Preventive Care13% of the score 54601 leads · 29-point gap
54601La Crossehealthier than 49% · 14% in Wisconsin, 13% in its metro area1 of 2
49503Grand Rapidshealthier than 20% · 4% in Michigan, 4% in its metro area2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 49503 leads · 20-point gap
49503Grand Rapidshealthier than 78% · 36% in Michigan, 48% in its metro area1 of 2
54601La Crossehealthier than 58% · 25% in Wisconsin, 22% in its metro area2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 49503 leads · 12-point gap
49503Grand Rapidshealthier than 71% · 75% in Michigan, 63% in its metro area1 of 2
54601La Crossehealthier than 59% · 44% in Wisconsin, 65% in its metro area2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 49503 leads · 11-point gap
49503Grand Rapidshealthier than 91% · 97% in Michigan, 96% in its metro area1 of 2
54601La Crossehealthier than 80% · 90% in Wisconsin, 100% in its metro area2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 54601 leads · 7-point gap
54601La Crossehealthier than 14% · 1% in Wisconsin, 0% in its metro area1 of 2
49503Grand Rapidshealthier than 7% · 8% in Michigan, 4% in its metro area2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 49503 leads · 7-point gap
49503Grand Rapidshealthier than 65% · 67% in Michigan, 41% in its metro area1 of 2
54601La Crossehealthier than 58% · 45% in Wisconsin, 52% in its metro area2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 54601 leads · 4-point gap
54601La Crossehealthier than 14% · 10% in Wisconsin, 4% in its metro area1 of 2
49503Grand Rapidshealthier than 10% · 3% in Michigan, 7% in its metro area2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the scoretied — no single leader
49503Grand Rapidshealthier than 44% · 33% in Michigan, 19% in its metro area=1 of 2
54601La Crossehealthier than 44% · 58% in Wisconsin, 35% in its metro area=1 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the scoretied — no single leader
49503Grand Rapidsin the top 0.00% · 100% in Michigan, 100% in its metro area=1 of 2
54601La Crossein the top 0.00% · 100% in Wisconsin, 100% 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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Grand Rapids vs. La Crosse

Grand Rapids 49503 · MILEADS52.54
La Crosse 54601 · WI52.51

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

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