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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.

Comparing56132Garvin, MN55041Lake City, MN
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ZipVitals Score and its national and state ranks, compared across 2 ZIP codes. Higher is healthier. The nine scoring domains follow, one table each.
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Garvin56132 · MN
Lake City55041 · MN
ZipVitals Score54.4257.65 Leads
National rank#10,162of 32,066 US ZIPs#6,688of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#382of 866 MN ZIPs#194of 866 MN ZIPs
Metro rankNot in a metro area#13of 34 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 — 56132: not in a metro area · 55041: Rochester, 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

all 2 ZIPs can be placed on these 9 domains
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 55041 leads · 40-point gap
55041Lake Cityhealthier than 65% · 58% in Minnesota, 49% in its metro area1 of 2
56132Garvinhealthier than 25% · 17% in Minnesota2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 55041 leads · 10-point gap
55041Lake Cityhealthier than 60% · 32% in Minnesota, 25% in its metro area1 of 2
56132Garvinhealthier than 50% · 18% in Minnesota2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 55041 leads · 8-point gap
55041Lake Cityhealthier than 78% · 78% in Minnesota, 79% in its metro area1 of 2
56132Garvinhealthier than 70% · 64% in Minnesota2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the score 56132 leads · 8-point gap
56132Garvinhealthier than 22% · 65% in Minnesota1 of 2
55041Lake Cityhealthier than 14% · 55% in Minnesota, 46% in its metro area2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 55041 leads · 6-point gap
55041Lake Cityhealthier than 71% · 55% in Minnesota, 35% in its metro area1 of 2
56132Garvinhealthier than 65% · 44% in Minnesota2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 55041 leads · 6-point gap
55041Lake CityPartialhealthier than 82% · 63% in Minnesota, 48% in its metro area1 of 2
56132GarvinPartialhealthier than 76% · 50% in Minnesota2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 55041 leads · 5-point gap
55041Lake Cityhealthier than 81% · 94% in Minnesota, 99% in its metro area1 of 2
56132Garvinhealthier than 76% · 90% in Minnesota2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 55041 leads · 1-point gap
55041Lake Cityhealthier than 20% · 32% in Minnesota, 3% in its metro area1 of 2
56132Garvinhealthier than 19% · 30% in Minnesota2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the scoretied — no single leader
56132Garvinhealthier than 88% · 93% in Minnesota=1 of 2
55041Lake Cityhealthier than 88% · 93% in Minnesota, 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. 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 City vs. Garvin

Lake City 55041 · MNLEADS57.65
Garvin 56132 · MN54.42

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

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