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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.

Comparing57214Badger, SD57730Custer, 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	Badger57214 · SD	Custer57730 · SD
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	55.30	58.32 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#9,091of 32,066 US ZIPs	#6,137of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#118of 360 SD ZIPs	#46of 360 SD ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	Not in a metro area	#7of 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	Badger57214 · SD	Custer57730 · SD
ZipVitals Score	55.30	58.32 Leads
National rank	#9,091of 32,066 US ZIPs	#6,137of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#118of 360 SD ZIPs	#46of 360 SD ZIPs
Metro rank	Not in a metro area	#7of 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 — 57214: not in a metro area · 57730: 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

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 57730 leads · 44-point gap
57730Custer		healthier than 75% · 92% in South Dakota, 82% in its metro area	1 of 2
57214Badger		healthier than 31% · 38% in South Dakota	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 57214 leads · 25-point gap
57214Badger		healthier than 81% · 90% in South Dakota	1 of 2
57730Custer		healthier than 56% · 80% in South Dakota, 41% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 57730 leads · 11-point gap
57730Custer		healthier than 58% · 46% in South Dakota, 45% in its metro area	1 of 2
57214Badger		healthier than 47% · 26% in South Dakota	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 57730 leads · 10-point gap
57730Custer		healthier than 96% · 98% in South Dakota, 95% in its metro area	1 of 2
57214Badger		healthier than 86% · 89% in South Dakota	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 57214 leads · 9-point gap
57214Badger		healthier than 37% · 22% in South Dakota	1 of 2
57730Custer		healthier than 28% · 17% in South Dakota, 9% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 57730 leads · 9-point gap
57730Custer		healthier than 93% · 97% in South Dakota, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
57214Badger		healthier than 84% · 87% in South Dakota	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 57730 leads · 8-point gap
57730Custer		healthier than 95% · 99% in South Dakota, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
57214Badger		healthier than 87% · 76% in South Dakota	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 57730 leads · 6-point gap
57730Custer		healthier than 88% · 98% in South Dakota, 95% in its metro area	1 of 2
57214Badger		healthier than 82% · 95% in South Dakota	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 57214 leads · 6-point gap
57214Badger		healthier than 16% · 58% in South Dakota	1 of 2
57730Custer		healthier than 10% · 46% in South Dakota, 50% 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. 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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Custer vs. Badger

Custer 57730 · SDLEADS58.32

Badger 57214 · SD55.30

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

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