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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.

Comparing55025Columbus, MN28445Surf City, NC2–5 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	Columbus55025 · MN	Surf City28445 · NC
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	59.21	60.32 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#5,431of 32,066 US ZIPs	#4,621of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#149of 866 MN ZIPs	#94of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#114of 224 ZIPs in its metro area	#1of 11 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	Columbus55025 · MN	Surf City28445 · NC
ZipVitals Score	59.21	60.32 Leads
National rank	#5,431of 32,066 US ZIPs	#4,621of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#149of 866 MN ZIPs	#94of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rank	#114of 224 ZIPs in its metro area	#1of 11 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 — 55025: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI · 28445: Jacksonville, NC.

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

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Healthcare Access5% of the score 28445 leads · 19-point gap
28445Surf City		healthier than 57% · 47% in North Carolina, 60% in its metro area	1 of 2
55025Columbus		healthier than 38% · 74% in Minnesota, 48% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 28445 leads · 15-point gap
28445Surf City		healthier than 81% · 75% in North Carolina, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
55025Columbus		healthier than 66% · 53% in Minnesota, 56% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 55025 leads · 4-point gap
55025Columbus		healthier than 52% · 38% in Minnesota, 40% in its metro area	1 of 2
28445Surf City		healthier than 48% · 71% in North Carolina, 100% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 55025 leads · 4-point gap
55025Columbus		healthier than 19% · 2% in Minnesota, 3% in its metro area	1 of 2
28445Surf City		healthier than 15% · 11% in North Carolina, 20% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 28445 leads · 3-point gap
28445Surf City		healthier than 85% · 91% in North Carolina, 80% in its metro area	1 of 2
55025Columbus		healthier than 82% · 71% in Minnesota, 36% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 28445 leads · 2-point gap
28445Surf City		healthier than 37% · 21% in North Carolina, 40% in its metro area	1 of 2
55025Columbus		healthier than 35% · 64% in Minnesota, 74% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 28445 leads · 2-point gap
28445Surf City		healthier than 85% · 93% in North Carolina, 90% in its metro area	1 of 2
55025Columbus		healthier than 83% · 73% in Minnesota, 41% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the scoretied — no single leader
55025Columbus		healthier than 88% · 82% in Minnesota, 52% in its metro area	=1 of 2
28445Surf City		healthier than 88% · 87% in North Carolina, 100% in its metro area	=1 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the scoretied — no single leader
55025Columbus		healthier than 85% · 86% in Minnesota, 65% in its metro area	=1 of 2
28445Surf City		healthier than 85% · 81% in North Carolina, 100% 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. 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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Surf City vs. Columbus

Surf City 28445 · NCLEADS60.32

Columbus 55025 · MN59.21

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

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