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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.

Comparing52155Lime Springs, IA57255New Effington, 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	Lime Springs52155 · IA	New Effington57255 · SD
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	49.55 Leads	48.53
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#16,872of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#18,267of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#708of 922 IA ZIPs	#284of 360 SD ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	Not in a 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	Lime Springs52155 · IA	New Effington57255 · SD
ZipVitals Score	49.55 Leads	48.53
National rank	#16,872of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#18,267of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#708of 922 IA ZIPs	#284of 360 SD ZIPs
Metro rank	Not in a 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 — 52155: not in a metro area · 57255: 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

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 57255 leads · 16-point gap
57255New Effington		healthier than 83% · 84% in South Dakota	1 of 2
52155Lime Springs		healthier than 67% · 83% in Iowa	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 52155 leads · 13-point gap
52155Lime Springs		healthier than 53% · 35% in Iowa	1 of 2
57255New Effington		healthier than 40% · 19% in South Dakota	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 52155 leads · 9-point gap
52155Lime Springs		healthier than 47% · 43% in Iowa	1 of 2
57255New Effington		healthier than 38% · 24% in South Dakota	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 57255 leads · 9-point gap
57255New Effington		healthier than 41% · 17% in South Dakota	1 of 2
52155Lime Springs		healthier than 32% · 35% in Iowa	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 57255 leads · 7-point gap
57255New Effington		healthier than 27% · 31% in South Dakota	1 of 2
52155Lime Springs		healthier than 20% · 15% in Iowa	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 52155 leads · 5-point gap
52155Lime Springs		healthier than 42% · 63% in Iowa	1 of 2
57255New Effington		healthier than 37% · 51% in South Dakota	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 52155 leads · 3-point gap
52155Lime Springs		healthier than 58% · 18% in Iowa	1 of 2
57255New Effington		healthier than 55% · 34% in South Dakota	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 52155 leads · 1-point gap
52155Lime Springs		healthier than 2% · 4% in Iowa	1 of 2
57255New Effington		healthier than 1% · 8% in South Dakota	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the scoretied — no single leader
52155Lime Springs		healthier than 73% · 49% in Iowa	=1 of 2
57255New Effington		healthier than 73% · 31% in South Dakota	=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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Lime Springs vs. New Effington

Lime Springs 52155 · IALEADS49.55

New Effington 57255 · SD48.53

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

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