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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.

Comparing57741Fort Meade, SD24442Head Waters, VA2–5 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	Fort Meade57741 · SD	Head Waters24442 · VA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	57.09 Leads	56.46
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#7,197of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#7,805of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#72of 360 SD ZIPs	#228of 873 VA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#11of 27 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	Fort Meade57741 · SD	Head Waters24442 · VA
ZipVitals Score	57.09 Leads	56.46
National rank	#7,197of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#7,805of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#72of 360 SD ZIPs	#228of 873 VA ZIPs
Metro rank	#11of 27 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 — 57741: Rapid City, SD · 24442: 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

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 57741 leads · 11-point gap
57741Fort Meade		healthier than 93% · 99% in South Dakota, 95% in its metro area	1 of 2
24442Head Waters		healthier than 82% · 76% in Virginia	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 24442 leads · 9-point gap
24442Head Waters		healthier than 87% · 80% in Virginia	1 of 2
57741Fort Meade		healthier than 78% · 89% in South Dakota, 68% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 57741 leads · 8-point gap
57741Fort Meade		healthier than 88% · 97% in South Dakota, 91% in its metro area	1 of 2
24442Head Waters		healthier than 80% · 76% in Virginia	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 24442 leads · 8-point gap
24442Head Waters		healthier than 55% · 64% in Virginia	1 of 2
57741Fort Meade		healthier than 47% · 26% in South Dakota, 14% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 57741 leads · 6-point gap
57741Fort Meade		healthier than 89% · 95% in South Dakota, 86% in its metro area	1 of 2
24442Head Waters		healthier than 83% · 71% in Virginia	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 24442 leads · 6-point gap
24442Head Waters		healthier than 12% · 12% in Virginia	1 of 2
57741Fort Meade		healthier than 6% · 38% in South Dakota, 41% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 24442 leads · 4-point gap
24442Head Waters		healthier than 79% · 85% in Virginia	1 of 2
57741Fort Meade		healthier than 75% · 36% in South Dakota, 50% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 24442 leads · 1-point gap
24442Head Waters		healthier than 35% · 53% in Virginia	1 of 2
57741Fort Meade		healthier than 34% · 19% in South Dakota, 14% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoretied — no single leader
57741Fort Meade		healthier than 91% · 96% in South Dakota, 73% in its metro area	=1 of 2
24442Head Waters		healthier than 91% · 100% in Virginia	=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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Fort Meade vs. Head Waters

Fort Meade 57741 · SDLEADS57.09

Head Waters 24442 · VA56.46

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

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