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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.

Comparing56357Oak Park, MN56518Bluffton, 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	Oak Park56357 · MN	Bluffton56518 · MN
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	52.96 Leads	51.57
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#12,144of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#14,022of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#500of 866 MN ZIPs	#597of 866 MN ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#22of 32 ZIPs in its 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	Oak Park56357 · MN	Bluffton56518 · MN
ZipVitals Score	52.96 Leads	51.57
National rank	#12,144of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#14,022of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#500of 866 MN ZIPs	#597of 866 MN ZIPs
Metro rank	#22of 32 ZIPs in its 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 — 56357: St. Cloud, MN · 56518: 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

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Environmental Hazard14% of the score 56357 leads · 23-point gap
56357Oak Park		healthier than 42% · 72% in Minnesota, 90% in its metro area	1 of 2
56518Bluffton		healthier than 19% · 31% in Minnesota	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 56357 leads · 21-point gap
56357Oak Park		healthier than 54% · 27% in Minnesota, 10% in its metro area	1 of 2
56518Bluffton		healthier than 33% · 5% in Minnesota	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 56518 leads · 10-point gap
56518BlufftonPartial		healthier than 98% · 99% in Minnesota	1 of 2
56357Oak Park		healthier than 88% · 77% in Minnesota, 58% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 56357 leads · 9-point gap
56357Oak Park		healthier than 57% · 49% in Minnesota, 35% in its metro area	1 of 2
56518Bluffton		healthier than 48% · 40% in Minnesota	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 56357 leads · 8-point gap
56357Oak Park		healthier than 48% · 23% in Minnesota, 16% in its metro area	1 of 2
56518Bluffton		healthier than 40% · 15% in Minnesota	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 56518 leads · 7-point gap
56518Bluffton		healthier than 41% · 17% in Minnesota	1 of 2
56357Oak Park		healthier than 34% · 11% in Minnesota, 15% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 56357 leads · 3-point gap
56357Oak Park		healthier than 69% · 51% in Minnesota, 35% in its metro area	1 of 2
56518Bluffton		healthier than 66% · 46% in Minnesota	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 56518 leads · 2-point gap
56518Bluffton		healthier than 74% · 55% in Minnesota	1 of 2
56357Oak Park		healthier than 72% · 52% in Minnesota, 35% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the scoretied — no single leader
56357Oak Park		healthier than 2% · 9% in Minnesota, 19% in its metro area	=1 of 2
56518Bluffton		healthier than 2% · 8% in Minnesota	=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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Oak Park vs. Bluffton

Oak Park 56357 · MNLEADS52.96

Bluffton 56518 · MN51.57

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

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