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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.

Comparing50459Northwood, IA15462Melcroft, PA
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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
Northwood50459 · IA
Melcroft15462 · PA
ZipVitals Score50.70 Leads48.62
National rank#15,270of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads#18,165of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank#602of 922 IA ZIPs#1,032of 1,748 PA ZIPs
Metro rankNot in a metro area#250of 376 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 — 50459: not in a metro area · 15462: Pittsburgh, PA.

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 5 domains
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 50459 leads · 14-point gap
50459Northwoodhealthier than 43% · 53% in Iowa1 of 2
15462Melcrofthealthier than 29% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 15462 leads · 4-point gap
15462Melcrofthealthier than 47% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group1 of 2
50459Northwoodhealthier than 43% · 65% in Iowa2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 15462 leads · 4-point gap
15462MelcroftPartialhealthier than 70% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group1 of 2
50459Northwoodhealthier than 66% · 28% in Iowa2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the score 50459 leads · 2-point gap
50459Northwoodhealthier than 16% · 44% in Iowa1 of 2
15462Melcrofthealthier than 14% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 15462 leads · 1-point gap
15462Melcrofthealthier than 56% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group1 of 2
50459Northwoodhealthier than 55% · 50% in Iowa2 of 2

Not every ZIP can be placed here

no leader and no gap — ordered by weight instead
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the scoreno leader — 15462 cannot be placed here
50459Northwoodhealthier than 40% · 27% in Iowa1 of 1
15462Melcroftnot placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score
Risk Behavior11% of the scoreno leader — 15462 cannot be placed here
50459Northwoodhealthier than 31% · 34% in Iowa1 of 1
15462Melcroftnot placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score
Mental Health8% of the scoreno leader — 15462 cannot be placed here
50459Northwoodhealthier than 72% · 45% in Iowa1 of 1
15462Melcroftnot measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated
Disability7% of the scoreno leader — 15462 cannot be placed here
50459Northwoodhealthier than 52% · 32% in Iowa1 of 1
15462Melcroftnot measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated

“Of the score” is the domain’s weight in the ZipVitals Score — a property of the score itself, the same on every ZIP. Where a ZIP has no measurement for a domain, that domain drops out of its score and the remaining weights scale up, so its own mix differs slightly from the weights shown here; each ZIP’s own page carries its exact shares. 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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Northwood vs. Melcroft

Northwood 50459 · IALEADS50.70
Melcroft 15462 · PA48.62

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

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