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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.

Comparing50315Des Moines, IA57701Rapid City, 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	Des Moines50315 · IA	Rapid City57701 · SD
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	46.31	48.43 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#20,972of 32,066 US ZIPs	#18,377of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#849of 922 IA ZIPs	#287of 360 SD ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#81of 85 ZIPs in its metro area	#25of 27 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	Des Moines50315 · IA	Rapid City57701 · SD
ZipVitals Score	46.31	48.43 Leads
National rank	#20,972of 32,066 US ZIPs	#18,377of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#849of 922 IA ZIPs	#287of 360 SD ZIPs
Metro rank	#81of 85 ZIPs in its metro area	#25of 27 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 — 50315: Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA · 57701: Rapid City, SD.

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

Mental Health8% of the score 57701 leads · 20-point gap
57701Rapid City		healthier than 49% · 10% in South Dakota, 14% in its metro area	1 of 2
50315Des Moines		healthier than 29% · 2% in Iowa, 5% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 57701 leads · 16-point gap
57701Rapid City		healthier than 72% · 87% in South Dakota, 73% in its metro area	1 of 2
50315Des Moines		healthier than 56% · 71% in Iowa, 32% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 57701 leads · 9-point gap
57701Rapid City		in the top 0.00% · 100% in South Dakota, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
50315Des Moines		healthier than 91% · 96% in Iowa, 96% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 57701 leads · 8-point gap
57701Rapid City		healthier than 20% · 10% in South Dakota, 9% in its metro area	1 of 2
50315Des Moines		healthier than 12% · 3% in Iowa, 5% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 50315 leads · 8-point gap
50315Des Moines		healthier than 46% · 19% in Iowa, 8% in its metro area	1 of 2
57701Rapid City		healthier than 38% · 18% in South Dakota, 5% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 57701 leads · 8-point gap
57701Rapid City		healthier than 63% · 55% in South Dakota, 5% in its metro area	1 of 2
50315Des Moines		healthier than 55% · 51% in Iowa, 77% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 57701 leads · 3-point gap
57701Rapid City		healthier than 8% · 0% in South Dakota, 0% in its metro area	1 of 2
50315Des Moines		healthier than 5% · 2% in Iowa, 7% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 50315 leads · 1-point gap
50315Des Moines		healthier than 62% · 71% in Iowa, 31% in its metro area	1 of 2
57701Rapid City		healthier than 61% · 58% in South Dakota, 64% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 50315 leads · 1-point gap
50315Des Moines		healthier than 19% · 2% in Iowa, 5% in its metro area	1 of 2
57701Rapid City		healthier than 18% · 10% in South Dakota, 9% 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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Rapid City vs. Des Moines

Rapid City 57701 · SDLEADS48.43

Des Moines 50315 · IA46.31

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

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