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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.

Comparing50125Indianola, IA50211Norwalk, IA
2–5 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
Indianola50125 · IA
Norwalk50211 · IA
ZipVitals Score57.3860.81 Leads
National rank#6,907of 32,066 US ZIPs#4,256of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#125of 922 IA ZIPs#49of 922 IA ZIPs
Metro rank#35of 85 ZIPs in its metro area#20of 85 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 — 50125: Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA · 50211: Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA.

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
Healthcare Access5% of the score 50211 leads · 26-point gap
50211Norwalkhealthier than 65% · 90% in Iowa, 80% in its metro area1 of 2
50125Indianolahealthier than 39% · 75% in Iowa, 63% in its metro area2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 50211 leads · 18-point gap
50211Norwalkhealthier than 91% · 97% in Iowa, 82% in its metro area1 of 2
50125Indianolahealthier than 73% · 86% in Iowa, 54% in its metro area2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 50211 leads · 12-point gap
50211Norwalkhealthier than 85% · 95% in Iowa, 79% in its metro area1 of 2
50125Indianolahealthier than 73% · 87% in Iowa, 58% in its metro area2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 50211 leads · 10-point gap
50211Norwalkhealthier than 92% · 97% in Iowa, 80% in its metro area1 of 2
50125Indianolahealthier than 82% · 87% in Iowa, 52% in its metro area2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 50125 leads · 9-point gap
50125Indianolahealthier than 29% · 44% in Iowa, 65% in its metro area1 of 2
50211Norwalkhealthier than 20% · 25% in Iowa, 32% in its metro area2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 50211 leads · 6-point gap
50211Norwalkhealthier than 78% · 68% in Iowa, 60% in its metro area1 of 2
50125Indianolahealthier than 72% · 45% in Iowa, 39% in its metro area2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 50125 leads · 6-point gap
50125Indianolahealthier than 37% · 17% in Iowa, 27% in its metro area1 of 2
50211Norwalkhealthier than 31% · 10% in Iowa, 17% in its metro area2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 50125 leads · 5-point gap
50125Indianolahealthier than 54% · 80% in Iowa, 54% in its metro area1 of 2
50211Norwalkhealthier than 49% · 72% in Iowa, 44% in its metro area2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the scoretied — no single leader
50125Indianolahealthier than 74% · 49% in Iowa, 48% in its metro area=1 of 2
50211Norwalkhealthier than 74% · 47% in Iowa, 46% 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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Norwalk vs. Indianola

Norwalk 50211 · IALEADS60.81
Indianola 50125 · IA57.38

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

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