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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.

Comparing55041Lake City, MN58011Buffalo, ND2–5 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 City55041 · MN	Buffalo58011 · ND
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	57.65	59.45 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#6,688of 32,066 US ZIPs	#5,248of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#194of 866 MN ZIPs	#45of 371 ND ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#13of 34 ZIPs in its metro area	#19of 36 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 City55041 · MN	Buffalo58011 · ND
ZipVitals Score	57.65	59.45 Leads
National rank	#6,688of 32,066 US ZIPs	#5,248of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#194of 866 MN ZIPs	#45of 371 ND ZIPs
Metro rank	#13of 34 ZIPs in its metro area	#19of 36 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 — 55041: Rochester, MN · 58011: Fargo, ND-MN.

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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Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 58011 leads · 22-point gap
58011Buffalo		healthier than 87% · 90% in North Dakota, 61% in its metro area	1 of 2
55041Lake City		healthier than 65% · 58% in Minnesota, 49% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 55041 leads · 11-point gap
55041Lake City		healthier than 20% · 32% in Minnesota, 3% in its metro area	1 of 2
58011Buffalo		healthier than 9% · 6% in North Dakota, 39% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 58011 leads · 9-point gap
58011Buffalo		healthier than 90% · 58% in North Dakota, 94% in its metro area	1 of 2
55041Lake City		healthier than 81% · 94% in Minnesota, 99% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 58011 leads · 8-point gap
58011Buffalo		healthier than 86% · 100% in North Dakota, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
55041Lake City		healthier than 78% · 78% in Minnesota, 79% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 55041 leads · 8-point gap
55041Lake City		healthier than 14% · 55% in Minnesota, 46% in its metro area	1 of 2
58011Buffalo		healthier than 6% · 47% in North Dakota, 15% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 58011 leads · 6-point gap
58011Buffalo		healthier than 88% · 67% in North Dakota, 88% in its metro area	1 of 2
55041Lake CityPartial		healthier than 82% · 63% in Minnesota, 48% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 58011 leads · 5-point gap
58011Buffalo		healthier than 76% · 68% in North Dakota, 9% in its metro area	1 of 2
55041Lake City		healthier than 71% · 55% in Minnesota, 35% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 58011 leads · 3-point gap
58011Buffalo		healthier than 91% · 96% in North Dakota, 91% in its metro area	1 of 2
55041Lake City		healthier than 88% · 93% in Minnesota, 100% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 55041 leads · 1-point gap
55041Lake City		healthier than 60% · 32% in Minnesota, 25% in its metro area	1 of 2
58011Buffalo		healthier than 59% · 58% in North Dakota, 0% in its metro area	2 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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Buffalo vs. Lake City

Buffalo 58011 · NDLEADS59.45

Lake City 55041 · MN57.65

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

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