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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.

Comparing56535Erskine, MN56311Barrett, 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	Erskine56535 · MN	Barrett56311 · MN
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	47.98	49.60 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#18,954of 32,066 US ZIPs	#16,790of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#783of 866 MN ZIPs	#720of 866 MN ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#27of 31 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	Erskine56535 · MN	Barrett56311 · MN
ZipVitals Score	47.98	49.60 Leads
National rank	#18,954of 32,066 US ZIPs	#16,790of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#783of 866 MN ZIPs	#720of 866 MN ZIPs
Metro rank	#27of 31 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 — 56535: Grand Forks, ND-MN · 56311: 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

Risk Behavior11% of the score 56311 leads · 18-point gap
56311Barrett		healthier than 75% · 74% in Minnesota	1 of 2
56535Erskine		healthier than 57% · 31% in Minnesota, 74% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 56535 leads · 12-point gap
56535ErskinePartial		healthier than 94% · 91% in Minnesota, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
56311BarrettPartial		healthier than 82% · 64% in Minnesota	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 56311 leads · 11-point gap
56311Barrett		healthier than 28% · 20% in Minnesota	1 of 2
56535Erskine		healthier than 17% · 11% in Minnesota, 5% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 56311 leads · 6-point gap
56311Barrett		healthier than 70% · 82% in Minnesota	1 of 2
56535Erskine		healthier than 64% · 69% in Minnesota, 23% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 56311 leads · 4-point gap
56311Barrett		healthier than 87% · 92% in Minnesota	1 of 2
56535Erskine		healthier than 83% · 85% in Minnesota, 100% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 56535 leads · 2-point gap
56535Erskine		healthier than 12% · 17% in Minnesota, 12% in its metro area	1 of 2
56311Barrett		healthier than 10% · 15% in Minnesota	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 56535 leads · 1-point gap
56535Erskine		healthier than 31% · 5% in Minnesota, 0% in its metro area	1 of 2
56311Barrett		healthier than 30% · 5% in Minnesota	2 of 2

Disability7% of the scoretied — no single leader
56535Erskine		healthier than 37% · 7% in Minnesota, 0% in its metro area	=1 of 2
56311Barrett		healthier than 37% · 7% in Minnesota	=1 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the scoretied — no single leader
56535Erskine		healthier than 2% · 9% in Minnesota, 0% in its metro area	=1 of 2
56311Barrett		healthier than 2% · 11% 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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Barrett vs. Erskine

Barrett 56311 · MNLEADS49.60

Erskine 56535 · MN47.98

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

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