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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.

Comparing49878Rapid River, MI49958Pelkie, MI
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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
Rapid River49878 · MI
Pelkie49958 · MI
ZipVitals Score50.7250.76 Leads
National rank#15,240of 32,066 US ZIPs#15,196of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#458of 973 MI ZIPs#457of 973 MI ZIPs
Metro rankNot in a metro areaNot 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 — 49878: not in a metro area · 49958: 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

all 2 ZIPs can be placed on these 9 domains
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 49878 leads · 16-point gap
49878Rapid Riverhealthier than 44% · 48% in Michigan1 of 2
49958Pelkiehealthier than 28% · 29% in Michigan2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 49958 leads · 11-point gap
49958Pelkiehealthier than 36% · 78% in Michigan1 of 2
49878Rapid Riverhealthier than 25% · 63% in Michigan2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 49878 leads · 9-point gap
49878Rapid Riverhealthier than 79% · 80% in Michigan1 of 2
49958Pelkiehealthier than 70% · 70% in Michigan2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the score 49958 leads · 5-point gap
49958Pelkiehealthier than 15% · 9% in Michigan1 of 2
49878Rapid Riverhealthier than 10% · 6% in Michigan2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 49958 leads · 3-point gap
49958Pelkiehealthier than 20% · 17% in Michigan1 of 2
49878Rapid Riverhealthier than 17% · 14% in Michigan2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 49958 leads · 3-point gap
49958Pelkiehealthier than 39% · 35% in Michigan1 of 2
49878Rapid Riverhealthier than 36% · 30% in Michigan2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 49878 leads · 2-point gap
49878Rapid Riverhealthier than 99% · 97% in Michigan1 of 2
49958Pelkiehealthier than 97% · 95% in Michigan2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 49878 leads · 1-point gap
49878Rapid Riverhealthier than 91% · 81% in Michigan1 of 2
49958Pelkiehealthier than 90% · 75% in Michigan2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoretied — no single leader
49878Rapid RiverPartialin the top 0.2% · 100% in Michigan=1 of 2
49958PelkiePartialin the top 0.00% · 100% in Michigan=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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Pelkie vs. Rapid River

Pelkie 49958 · MILEADS50.76
Rapid River 49878 · MI50.72

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

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