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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.

Comparing57449Houghton, SD57366Parkston, SD
2–5 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
Houghton57449 · SD
Parkston57366 · SD
ZipVitals Score58.82 Leads53.53
National rank#5,727of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads#11,319of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank#34of 360 SD ZIPs#170of 360 SD ZIPs
Metro rankNot in a metro areaNot 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 — 57449: not in a metro area · 57366: 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
Preventive Care13% of the score 57449 leads · 28-point gap
57449Houghtonhealthier than 94% · 98% in South Dakota1 of 2
57366Parkstonhealthier than 66% · 49% in South Dakota2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 57449 leads · 20-point gap
57449Houghtonhealthier than 71% · 72% in South Dakota1 of 2
57366Parkstonhealthier than 51% · 33% in South Dakota2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 57449 leads · 14-point gap
57449Houghtonhealthier than 85% · 97% in South Dakota1 of 2
57366Parkstonhealthier than 71% · 64% in South Dakota2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 57449 leads · 13-point gap
57449Houghtonhealthier than 43% · 66% in South Dakota1 of 2
57366Parkstonhealthier than 30% · 29% in South Dakota2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 57449 leads · 12-point gap
57449Houghtonhealthier than 96% · 99% in South Dakota1 of 2
57366Parkstonhealthier than 84% · 63% in South Dakota2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 57449 leads · 7-point gap
57449Houghtonhealthier than 60% · 76% in South Dakota1 of 2
57366Parkstonhealthier than 53% · 65% in South Dakota2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the score 57366 leads · 7-point gap
57366Parkstonhealthier than 13% · 56% in South Dakota1 of 2
57449Houghtonhealthier than 6% · 38% in South Dakota2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 57449 leads · 2-point gap
57449Houghtonhealthier than 40% · 15% in South Dakota1 of 2
57366ParkstonPartialhealthier than 38% · 14% in South Dakota2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the scoretied — no single leader
57449Houghtonhealthier than 49% · 39% in South Dakota=1 of 2
57366Parkstonhealthier than 49% · 39% 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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Houghton vs. Parkston

Houghton 57449 · SDLEADS58.82
Parkston 57366 · SD53.53

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

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