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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.

Comparing57348Hitchcock, SD57424Ashton, 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	Hitchcock57348 · SD	Ashton57424 · SD
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	53.26	53.87 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#11,702of 32,066 US ZIPs	#10,854of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#181of 360 SD ZIPs	#159of 360 SD 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	Hitchcock57348 · SD	Ashton57424 · SD
ZipVitals Score	53.26	53.87 Leads
National rank	#11,702of 32,066 US ZIPs	#10,854of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#181of 360 SD ZIPs	#159of 360 SD 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 — 57348: not in a metro area · 57424: 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 57424 leads · 10-point gap
57424Ashton		healthier than 73% · 68% in South Dakota	1 of 2
57348Hitchcock		healthier than 63% · 40% in South Dakota	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 57424 leads · 9-point gap
57424Ashton		healthier than 72% · 60% in South Dakota	1 of 2
57348Hitchcock		healthier than 63% · 45% in South Dakota	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 57348 leads · 7-point gap
57348Hitchcock		healthier than 54% · 45% in South Dakota	1 of 2
57424Ashton		healthier than 47% · 36% in South Dakota	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 57424 leads · 6-point gap
57424AshtonPartial		healthier than 50% · 32% in South Dakota	1 of 2
57348Hitchcock		healthier than 44% · 24% in South Dakota	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 57348 leads · 6-point gap
57348Hitchcock		healthier than 13% · 55% in South Dakota	1 of 2
57424Ashton		healthier than 7% · 39% in South Dakota	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 57424 leads · 5-point gap
57424Ashton		healthier than 84% · 62% in South Dakota	1 of 2
57348Hitchcock		healthier than 79% · 44% in South Dakota	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 57424 leads · 5-point gap
57424Ashton		healthier than 61% · 54% in South Dakota	1 of 2
57348Hitchcock		healthier than 56% · 42% in South Dakota	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 57424 leads · 4-point gap
57424Ashton		healthier than 53% · 79% in South Dakota	1 of 2
57348Hitchcock		healthier than 49% · 74% in South Dakota	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the scoretied — no single leader
57348Hitchcock		healthier than 33% · 43% in South Dakota	=1 of 2
57424Ashton		healthier than 33% · 42% in South Dakota	=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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Ashton vs. Hitchcock

Ashton 57424 · SDLEADS53.87

Hitchcock 57348 · SD53.26

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

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