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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.

Comparing59024Custer, MT56482Wadena, MN2–5 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	Custer59024 · MT	Wadena56482 · MN
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	46.64 Leads	46.02
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#20,602of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#21,333of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#232of 341 MT ZIPs	#822of 866 MN ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#27of 30 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	Custer59024 · MT	Wadena56482 · MN
ZipVitals Score	46.64 Leads	46.02
National rank	#20,602of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#21,333of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#232of 341 MT ZIPs	#822of 866 MN ZIPs
Metro rank	#27of 30 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 — 59024: Billings, MT · 56482: 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

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 56482 leads · 24-point gap
56482WadenaPartial		healthier than 98% · 97% in Minnesota	1 of 2
59024CusterPartial		healthier than 74% · 9% in Montana, 5% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 59024 leads · 17-point gap
59024Custer		healthier than 30% · 50% in Montana, 34% in its metro area	1 of 2
56482Wadena		healthier than 13% · 18% in Minnesota	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 56482 leads · 11-point gap
56482Wadena		healthier than 44% · 11% in Minnesota	1 of 2
59024Custer		healthier than 33% · 31% in Montana, 15% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 59024 leads · 7-point gap
59024Custer		healthier than 52% · 27% in Montana, 38% in its metro area	1 of 2
56482Wadena		healthier than 45% · 13% in Minnesota	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 59024 leads · 7-point gap
59024Custer		healthier than 38% · 31% in Montana, 6% in its metro area	1 of 2
56482Wadena		healthier than 31% · 4% in Minnesota	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 59024 leads · 3-point gap
59024Custer		healthier than 22% · 19% in Montana, 22% in its metro area	1 of 2
56482Wadena		healthier than 19% · 12% in Minnesota	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 59024 leads · 3-point gap
59024Custer		healthier than 35% · 26% in Montana, 33% in its metro area	1 of 2
56482Wadena		healthier than 32% · 9% in Minnesota	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 59024 leads · 3-point gap
59024Custer		healthier than 6% · 32% in Montana, 17% in its metro area	1 of 2
56482Wadena		healthier than 3% · 17% in Minnesota	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the scoretied — no single leader
59024Custer		healthier than 53% · 74% in Montana, 74% in its metro area	=1 of 2
56482Wadena		healthier than 53% · 30% in Minnesota	=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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Custer vs. Wadena

Custer 59024 · MTLEADS46.64

Wadena 56482 · MN46.02

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

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