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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.

Comparing49796Walloon Lake, MI01226Dalton, MA
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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.
Metric
Walloon Lake49796 · MI
Dalton01226 · MA
ZipVitals Score58.23 Leads57.28
National rank#6,205of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads#7,001of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank#162of 973 MI ZIPs#354of 527 MA ZIPs
Metro rankNot in a metro area#21of 33 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 — 49796: not in a metro area · 01226: Pittsfield, MA.

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 49796 leads · 26-point gap
49796Walloon Lakehealthier than 89% · 86% in Michigan1 of 2
01226Daltonhealthier than 63% · 82% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the score 01226 leads · 24-point gap
01226Daltonhealthier than 60% · 37% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group1 of 2
49796Walloon Lakehealthier than 36% · 33% in Michigan2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 49796 leads · 21-point gap
49796Walloon Lakehealthier than 72% · 77% in Michigan1 of 2
01226Daltonhealthier than 51% · 27% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 49796 leads · 6-point gap
49796Walloon Lakehealthier than 77% · 79% in Michigan1 of 2
01226Daltonhealthier than 71% · 29% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 01226 leads · 4-point gap
01226Daltonhealthier than 38% · 35% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group1 of 2
49796Walloon Lakehealthier than 34% · 75% in Michigan2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 01226 leads · 3-point gap
01226Daltonhealthier than 60% · 24% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group1 of 2
49796Walloon Lakehealthier than 57% · 68% in Michigan2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 49796 leads · 1-point gap
49796Walloon Lakehealthier than 75% · 76% in Michigan1 of 2
01226Daltonhealthier than 74% · 41% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the scoretied — no single leader
49796Walloon Lakehealthier than 92% · 84% in Michigan=1 of 2
01226Daltonhealthier than 92% · 33% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group=1 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoretied — no single leader
49796Walloon Lakehealthier than 98% · 96% in Michigan=1 of 2
01226DaltonPartialhealthier than 98% · 100% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group=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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Walloon Lake vs. Dalton

Walloon Lake 49796 · MILEADS58.23
Dalton 01226 · MA57.28

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

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