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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.

Comparing50226Polk City, IA57003Baltic, SD2–5 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	Polk City50226 · IA	Baltic57003 · SD
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	62.25 Leads	57.40
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#3,364of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#6,881of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#33of 922 IA ZIPs	#59of 360 SD ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#15of 85 ZIPs in its metro area	#20of 47 ZIPs in its metro area

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	Polk City50226 · IA	Baltic57003 · SD
ZipVitals Score	62.25 Leads	57.40
National rank	#3,364of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#6,881of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#33of 922 IA ZIPs	#59of 360 SD ZIPs
Metro rank	#15of 85 ZIPs in its metro area	#20of 47 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 — 50226: Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA · 57003: Sioux Falls, SD-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

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Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 50226 leads · 21-point gap
50226Polk City		healthier than 94% · 99% in Iowa, 93% in its metro area	1 of 2
57003Baltic		healthier than 73% · 88% in South Dakota, 61% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 50226 leads · 17-point gap
50226Polk City		healthier than 72% · 44% in Iowa, 42% in its metro area	1 of 2
57003Baltic		healthier than 55% · 34% in South Dakota, 25% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 50226 leads · 15-point gap
50226Polk City		healthier than 44% · 79% in Iowa, 64% in its metro area	1 of 2
57003Baltic		healthier than 29% · 75% in South Dakota, 58% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 57003 leads · 13-point gap
57003Baltic		healthier than 36% · 45% in South Dakota, 64% in its metro area	1 of 2
50226Polk City		healthier than 23% · 32% in Iowa, 39% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 50226 leads · 12-point gap
50226Polk City		healthier than 96% · 99% in Iowa, 92% in its metro area	1 of 2
57003Baltic		healthier than 84% · 93% in South Dakota, 72% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 50226 leads · 9-point gap
50226Polk City		healthier than 65% · 22% in Iowa, 25% in its metro area	1 of 2
57003Baltic		healthier than 56% · 14% in South Dakota, 6% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 50226 leads · 7-point gap
50226Polk City		healthier than 90% · 97% in Iowa, 86% in its metro area	1 of 2
57003Baltic		healthier than 83% · 90% in South Dakota, 67% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 50226 leads · 7-point gap
50226Polk City		healthier than 61% · 87% in Iowa, 69% in its metro area	1 of 2
57003Baltic		healthier than 54% · 25% in South Dakota, 6% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 57003 leads · 1-point gap
57003Baltic		healthier than 38% · 14% in South Dakota, 14% in its metro area	1 of 2
50226Polk City		healthier than 37% · 18% in Iowa, 29% in its metro area	2 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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Polk City vs. Baltic

Polk City 50226 · IALEADS62.25

Baltic 57003 · SD57.40

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

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