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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.

Comparing56097Wells, MN55735Finlayson, 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	Wells56097 · MN	Finlayson55735 · MN
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	48.07 Leads	47.54
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#18,838of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#19,514of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#780of 866 MN ZIPs	#797of 866 MN ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	Not in a metro area	Not in a 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	Wells56097 · MN	Finlayson55735 · MN
ZipVitals Score	48.07 Leads	47.54
National rank	#18,838of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#19,514of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#780of 866 MN ZIPs	#797of 866 MN ZIPs
Metro rank	Not in a metro area	Not in a metro area

ZipVitals Score — Composite of 9 scoring domainsNational rank, State rank and Metro rank — Among ZIPs with a computed score

Metro areas — 56097: not in a metro area · 55735: not in a metro area.

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 55735 leads · 39-point gap
55735Finlayson		healthier than 67% · 93% in Minnesota	1 of 2
56097Wells		healthier than 28% · 50% in Minnesota	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 55735 leads · 20-point gap
55735FinlaysonPartial		healthier than 98% · 99% in Minnesota	1 of 2
56097WellsPartial		healthier than 78% · 54% in Minnesota	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 56097 leads · 7-point gap
56097Wells		healthier than 38% · 8% in Minnesota	1 of 2
55735Finlayson		healthier than 31% · 5% in Minnesota	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 56097 leads · 7-point gap
56097Wells		healthier than 28% · 20% in Minnesota	1 of 2
55735Finlayson		healthier than 21% · 14% in Minnesota	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 56097 leads · 6-point gap
56097Wells		healthier than 48% · 16% in Minnesota	1 of 2
55735Finlayson		healthier than 42% · 10% in Minnesota	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 56097 leads · 4-point gap
56097Wells		healthier than 52% · 37% in Minnesota	1 of 2
55735Finlayson		healthier than 48% · 30% in Minnesota	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 56097 leads · 4-point gap
56097Wells		healthier than 7% · 36% in Minnesota	1 of 2
55735Finlayson		healthier than 3% · 20% in Minnesota	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 55735 leads · 3-point gap
55735Finlayson		healthier than 57% · 38% in Minnesota	1 of 2
56097Wells		healthier than 54% · 33% in Minnesota	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 56097 leads · 1-point gap
56097Wells		healthier than 36% · 6% in Minnesota	1 of 2
55735Finlayson		healthier than 35% · 5% in Minnesota	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. 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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Wells vs. Finlayson

Wells 56097 · MNLEADS48.07

Finlayson 55735 · MN47.54

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

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