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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.

Comparing51533Emerson, IA51449Lake City, 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	Emerson51533 · IA	Lake City51449 · IA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	51.81 Leads	51.69
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#13,690of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#13,854of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#509of 922 IA ZIPs	#521of 922 IA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#89of 113 ZIPs in its metro area	Not in a 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	Emerson51533 · IA	Lake City51449 · IA
ZipVitals Score	51.81 Leads	51.69
National rank	#13,690of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#13,854of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#509of 922 IA ZIPs	#521of 922 IA ZIPs
Metro rank	#89of 113 ZIPs in its metro area	Not in a metro area

ZipVitals Score — Composite of 9 scoring domainsNational rank, State rank and Metro rank — Among ZIPs with a computed score

Metro areas — 51533: Omaha, NE-IA · 51449: not in a metro area.

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

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 51449 leads · 7-point gap
51449Lake City		healthier than 62% · 78% in Iowa	1 of 2
51533Emerson		healthier than 55% · 70% in Iowa, 29% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 51449 leads · 7-point gap
51449Lake City		healthier than 55% · 82% in Iowa	1 of 2
51533Emerson		healthier than 48% · 71% in Iowa, 36% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 51533 leads · 7-point gap
51533Emerson		healthier than 59% · 47% in Iowa, 18% in its metro area	1 of 2
51449Lake City		healthier than 52% · 32% in Iowa	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 51449 leads · 4-point gap
51449Lake City		healthier than 56% · 54% in Iowa	1 of 2
51533Emerson		healthier than 52% · 41% in Iowa, 83% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 51533 leads · 3-point gap
51533Emerson		healthier than 38% · 25% in Iowa, 5% in its metro area	1 of 2
51449Lake City		healthier than 35% · 19% in Iowa	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 51449 leads · 2-point gap
51449Lake City		healthier than 80% · 68% in Iowa	1 of 2
51533Emerson		healthier than 78% · 62% in Iowa, 75% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 51533 leads · 1-point gap
51533Emerson		healthier than 80% · 77% in Iowa, 35% in its metro area	1 of 2
51449Lake City		healthier than 79% · 70% in Iowa	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 51533 leads · 1-point gap
51533Emerson		healthier than 7% · 21% in Iowa, 6% in its metro area	1 of 2
51449Lake City		healthier than 6% · 18% in Iowa	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the scoretied — no single leader
51533Emerson		healthier than 19% · 23% in Iowa, 46% in its metro area	=1 of 2
51449Lake City		healthier than 19% · 21% in Iowa	=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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Emerson vs. Lake City

Emerson 51533 · IALEADS51.81

Lake City 51449 · IA51.69

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

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