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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.

Comparing51529Dunlap, IA50029Bayard, IA2–5 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	Dunlap51529 · IA	Bayard50029 · IA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	49.94	50.33 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#16,336of 32,066 US ZIPs	#15,793of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#671of 922 IA ZIPs	#635of 922 IA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	Not in a metro area	#75of 85 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	Dunlap51529 · IA	Bayard50029 · IA
ZipVitals Score	49.94	50.33 Leads
National rank	#16,336of 32,066 US ZIPs	#15,793of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#671of 922 IA ZIPs	#635of 922 IA ZIPs
Metro rank	Not in a metro area	#75of 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 — 51529: not in a metro area · 50029: 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

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 50029 leads · 21-point gap
50029Bayard		healthier than 35% · 52% in Iowa, 79% in its metro area	1 of 2
51529Dunlap		healthier than 14% · 13% in Iowa	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 51529 leads · 11-point gap
51529Dunlap		healthier than 26% · 26% in Iowa	1 of 2
50029Bayard		healthier than 15% · 8% in Iowa, 0% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 51529 leads · 10-point gap
51529Dunlap		healthier than 39% · 50% in Iowa	1 of 2
50029Bayard		healthier than 29% · 28% in Iowa, 10% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 50029 leads · 6-point gap
50029Bayard		healthier than 48% · 45% in Iowa, 13% in its metro area	1 of 2
51529Dunlap		healthier than 42% · 31% in Iowa	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 51529 leads · 5-point gap
51529Dunlap		healthier than 83% · 77% in Iowa	1 of 2
50029Bayard		healthier than 78% · 60% in Iowa, 58% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 50029 leads · 4-point gap
50029Bayard		healthier than 57% · 43% in Iowa, 13% in its metro area	1 of 2
51529Dunlap		healthier than 53% · 35% in Iowa	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 50029 leads · 1-point gap
50029Bayard		healthier than 80% · 76% in Iowa, 65% in its metro area	1 of 2
51529Dunlap		healthier than 79% · 72% in Iowa	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 50029 leads · 1-point gap
50029Bayard		healthier than 51% · 39% in Iowa, 60% in its metro area	1 of 2
51529Dunlap		healthier than 50% · 37% in Iowa	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the scoretied — no single leader
51529Dunlap		healthier than 3% · 5% in Iowa	=1 of 2
50029Bayard		healthier than 3% · 5% in Iowa, 1% 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. 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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Bayard vs. Dunlap

Bayard 50029 · IALEADS50.33

Dunlap 51529 · IA49.94

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

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