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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.

Comparing54539Lake Tomahawk, WI55790Tower, MN2–5 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	Lake Tomahawk54539 · WI	Tower55790 · MN
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	55.75 Leads	54.01
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#8,573of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#10,692of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#262of 763 WI ZIPs	#406of 866 MN ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	Not in a metro area	#35of 65 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	Lake Tomahawk54539 · WI	Tower55790 · MN
ZipVitals Score	55.75 Leads	54.01
National rank	#8,573of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#10,692of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#262of 763 WI ZIPs	#406of 866 MN ZIPs
Metro rank	Not in a metro area	#35of 65 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 — 54539: not in a metro area · 55790: Duluth, MN-WI.

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 54539 leads · 35-point gap
54539Lake Tomahawk		healthier than 66% · 53% in Wisconsin	1 of 2
55790Tower		healthier than 31% · 23% in Minnesota, 32% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 55790 leads · 23-point gap
55790Tower		healthier than 97% · 100% in Minnesota, 96% in its metro area	1 of 2
54539Lake Tomahawk		healthier than 74% · 79% in Wisconsin	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 54539 leads · 12-point gap
54539Lake Tomahawk		healthier than 55% · 21% in Wisconsin	1 of 2
55790Tower		healthier than 43% · 13% in Minnesota, 5% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 54539 leads · 9-point gap
54539Lake Tomahawk		healthier than 56% · 43% in Wisconsin	1 of 2
55790Tower		healthier than 47% · 14% in Minnesota, 23% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 54539 leads · 6-point gap
54539Lake Tomahawk		healthier than 86% · 94% in Wisconsin	1 of 2
55790Tower		healthier than 80% · 93% in Minnesota, 96% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 55790 leads · 5-point gap
55790Tower		healthier than 52% · 81% in Minnesota, 63% in its metro area	1 of 2
54539Lake Tomahawk		healthier than 47% · 63% in Wisconsin	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 54539 leads · 2-point gap
54539Lake Tomahawk		healthier than 94% · 90% in Wisconsin	1 of 2
55790Tower		healthier than 92% · 97% in Minnesota, 96% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the scoretied — no single leader
54539Lake Tomahawk		healthier than 29% · 17% in Wisconsin	=1 of 2
55790Tower		healthier than 29% · 5% in Minnesota, 13% in its metro area	=1 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the scoretied — no single leader
54539Lake Tomahawk		healthier than 67% · 85% in Wisconsin	=1 of 2
55790Tower		healthier than 67% · 55% in Minnesota, 95% 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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Lake Tomahawk vs. Tower

Lake Tomahawk 54539 · WILEADS55.75

Tower 55790 · MN54.01

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

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