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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.

Comparing52208Belle Plaine, IA52729Calamus, 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	Belle Plaine52208 · IA	Calamus52729 · IA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	50.79 Leads	48.31
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#15,152of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#18,538of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#591of 922 IA ZIPs	#767of 922 IA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#41of 46 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	Belle Plaine52208 · IA	Calamus52729 · IA
ZipVitals Score	50.79 Leads	48.31
National rank	#15,152of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#18,538of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#591of 922 IA ZIPs	#767of 922 IA ZIPs
Metro rank	#41of 46 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 — 52208: Cedar Rapids, IA · 52729: 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 52208 leads · 20-point gap
52208Belle Plaine		healthier than 54% · 68% in Iowa, 33% in its metro area	1 of 2
52729Calamus		healthier than 34% · 40% in Iowa	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 52208 leads · 14-point gap
52208Belle Plaine		healthier than 43% · 34% in Iowa, 7% in its metro area	1 of 2
52729Calamus		healthier than 29% · 10% in Iowa	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 52208 leads · 9-point gap
52208Belle Plaine		healthier than 57% · 43% in Iowa, 16% in its metro area	1 of 2
52729Calamus		healthier than 48% · 23% in Iowa	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 52208 leads · 7-point gap
52208Belle Plaine		healthier than 33% · 49% in Iowa, 22% in its metro area	1 of 2
52729Calamus		healthier than 26% · 35% in Iowa	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 52208 leads · 6-point gap
52208Belle Plaine		healthier than 30% · 29% in Iowa, 24% in its metro area	1 of 2
52729Calamus		healthier than 24% · 18% in Iowa	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 52729 leads · 6-point gap
52729Calamus		healthier than 78% · 68% in Iowa	1 of 2
52208Belle Plaine		healthier than 72% · 44% in Iowa, 67% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 52729 leads · 2-point gap
52729Calamus		healthier than 30% · 9% in Iowa	1 of 2
52208Belle Plaine		healthier than 28% · 8% in Iowa, 4% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 52729 leads · 2-point gap
52729Calamus		healthier than 14% · 39% in Iowa	1 of 2
52208Belle Plaine		healthier than 12% · 34% in Iowa, 20% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the scoretied — no single leader
52208Belle Plaine		healthier than 73% · 47% in Iowa, 36% in its metro area	=1 of 2
52729Calamus		healthier than 73% · 47% 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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Belle Plaine vs. Calamus

Belle Plaine 52208 · IALEADS50.79

Calamus 52729 · IA48.31

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

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