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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.

Comparing52209Blairstown, IA16045Lyndora, PA2–5 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	Blairstown52209 · IA	Lyndora16045 · PA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	50.93	50.96 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#14,952of 32,066 US ZIPs	#14,893of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#576of 922 IA ZIPs	#778of 1,748 PA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#39of 46 ZIPs in its metro area	#192of 376 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	Blairstown52209 · IA	Lyndora16045 · PA
ZipVitals Score	50.93	50.96 Leads
National rank	#14,952of 32,066 US ZIPs	#14,893of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#576of 922 IA ZIPs	#778of 1,748 PA ZIPs
Metro rank	#39of 46 ZIPs in its metro area	#192of 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 — 52209: Cedar Rapids, IA · 16045: 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

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 16045 leads · 30-point gap
16045Lyndora		healthier than 82% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
52209Blairstown		healthier than 52% · 41% in Iowa, 27% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 16045 leads · 19-point gap
16045LyndoraPartial		healthier than 82% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
52209Blairstown		healthier than 63% · 24% in Iowa, 13% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 52209 leads · 9-point gap
52209Blairstown		healthier than 15% · 15% in Iowa, 4% in its metro area	1 of 2
16045Lyndora		healthier than 6% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 52209 leads · 7-point gap
52209Blairstown		healthier than 35% · 41% in Iowa, 11% in its metro area	1 of 2
16045Lyndora		healthier than 28% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 52209 leads · 1-point gap
52209Blairstown		healthier than 14% · 38% in Iowa, 24% in its metro area	1 of 2
16045Lyndora		healthier than 13% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group	2 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 — 16045 cannot be placed here
52209Blairstown		healthier than 56% · 60% in Iowa, 27% in its metro area	1 of 1
16045Lyndora	not 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 — 16045 cannot be placed here
52209Blairstown		healthier than 26% · 23% in Iowa, 20% in its metro area	1 of 1
16045Lyndora	not 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 — 16045 cannot be placed here
52209Blairstown		healthier than 69% · 35% in Iowa, 49% in its metro area	1 of 1
16045Lyndora	not measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated

Disability7% of the scoreno leader — 16045 cannot be placed here
52209Blairstown		healthier than 64% · 56% in Iowa, 27% in its metro area	1 of 1
16045Lyndora	not 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. 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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Lyndora vs. Blairstown

Lyndora 16045 · PALEADS50.96

Blairstown 52209 · IA50.93

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

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