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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.

Comparing58281Wales, ND58645Medora, ND2–5 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	Wales58281 · ND	Medora58645 · ND
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	56.35 Leads	55.25
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#7,919of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#9,147of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#113of 371 ND ZIPs	#151of 371 ND 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	Wales58281 · ND	Medora58645 · ND
ZipVitals Score	56.35 Leads	55.25
National rank	#7,919of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#9,147of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#113of 371 ND ZIPs	#151of 371 ND 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 — 58281: not in a metro area · 58645: 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

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 58281 leads · 15-point gap
58281Wales		healthier than 84% · 97% in North Dakota	1 of 2
58645Medora		healthier than 69% · 94% in North Dakota	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 58281 leads · 11-point gap
58281Wales		healthier than 54% · 31% in North Dakota	1 of 2
58645Medora		healthier than 43% · 20% in North Dakota	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 58645 leads · 9-point gap
58645Medora		healthier than 72% · 80% in North Dakota	1 of 2
58281Wales		healthier than 63% · 66% in North Dakota	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 58281 leads · 9-point gap
58281Wales		healthier than 88% · 48% in North Dakota	1 of 2
58645Medora		healthier than 79% · 18% in North Dakota	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 58281 leads · 9-point gap
58281WalesPartial		healthier than 98% · 100% in North Dakota	1 of 2
58645MedoraPartial		healthier than 89% · 78% in North Dakota	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 58281 leads · 5-point gap
58281Wales		healthier than 76% · 68% in North Dakota	1 of 2
58645Medora		healthier than 71% · 62% in North Dakota	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 58281 leads · 4-point gap
58281Wales		healthier than 52% · 39% in North Dakota	1 of 2
58645Medora		healthier than 48% · 32% in North Dakota	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 58645 leads · 2-point gap
58645Medora		healthier than 59% · 42% in North Dakota	1 of 2
58281Wales		healthier than 57% · 38% in North Dakota	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the scoretied — no single leader
58281Wales		healthier than 1% · 16% in North Dakota	=1 of 2
58645Medora		in the bottom 0.9% · 12% in North 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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Wales vs. Medora

Wales 58281 · NDLEADS56.35

Medora 58645 · ND55.25

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

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