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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.

Comparing55981Wabasha, MN57741Fort Meade, SD2–5 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	Wabasha55981 · MN	Fort Meade57741 · SD
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	56.36	57.09 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#7,916of 32,066 US ZIPs	#7,197of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#252of 866 MN ZIPs	#72of 360 SD ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#20of 34 ZIPs in its metro area	#11of 27 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	Wabasha55981 · MN	Fort Meade57741 · SD
ZipVitals Score	56.36	57.09 Leads
National rank	#7,916of 32,066 US ZIPs	#7,197of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#252of 866 MN ZIPs	#72of 360 SD ZIPs
Metro rank	#20of 34 ZIPs in its metro area	#11of 27 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 — 55981: Rochester, MN · 57741: Rapid City, SD.

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

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 57741 leads · 29-point gap
57741Fort Meade		healthier than 78% · 89% in South Dakota, 68% in its metro area	1 of 2
55981Wabasha		healthier than 49% · 80% in Minnesota, 80% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 57741 leads · 21-point gap
57741Fort Meade		healthier than 93% · 99% in South Dakota, 95% in its metro area	1 of 2
55981Wabasha		healthier than 72% · 65% in Minnesota, 52% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 57741 leads · 11-point gap
57741Fort Meade		healthier than 91% · 96% in South Dakota, 73% in its metro area	1 of 2
55981WabashaPartial		healthier than 80% · 58% in Minnesota, 42% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 55981 leads · 8-point gap
55981Wabasha		healthier than 83% · 95% in Minnesota, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
57741Fort Meade		healthier than 75% · 36% in South Dakota, 50% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 57741 leads · 7-point gap
57741Fort Meade		healthier than 88% · 97% in South Dakota, 91% in its metro area	1 of 2
55981Wabasha		healthier than 81% · 83% in Minnesota, 81% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 55981 leads · 6-point gap
55981Wabasha		healthier than 53% · 21% in Minnesota, 11% in its metro area	1 of 2
57741Fort Meade		healthier than 47% · 26% in South Dakota, 14% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 55981 leads · 5-point gap
55981Wabasha		healthier than 39% · 8% in Minnesota, 2% in its metro area	1 of 2
57741Fort Meade		healthier than 34% · 19% in South Dakota, 14% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 55981 leads · 4-point gap
55981Wabasha		healthier than 10% · 46% in Minnesota, 35% in its metro area	1 of 2
57741Fort Meade		healthier than 6% · 38% in South Dakota, 41% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 55981 leads · 2-point gap
55981Wabasha		healthier than 91% · 96% in Minnesota, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
57741Fort Meade		healthier than 89% · 95% in South Dakota, 86% 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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Fort Meade vs. Wabasha

Fort Meade 57741 · SDLEADS57.09

Wabasha 55981 · MN56.36

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

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