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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.

Comparing59255Poplar, MT59448Heart Butte, MT
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
Poplar59255 · MT
Heart Butte59448 · MT
ZipVitals Score18.5822.11 Leads
National rank#31,945of 32,066 US ZIPs#31,738of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#338of 341 MT ZIPs#337of 341 MT 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 — 59255: not in a metro area · 59448: 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 59448 leads · 39-point gap
59448Heart ButtePartialin the top 0.00% · 100% in Montana1 of 2
59255Poplarhealthier than 61% · 3% in Montana2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 59255 leads · 15-point gap
59255Poplarhealthier than 99% · 100% in Montana1 of 2
59448Heart Buttehealthier than 84% · 89% in Montana2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 59448 leads · 5-point gap
59448Heart Buttehealthier than 15% · 6% in Montana1 of 2
59255Poplarhealthier than 10% · 2% in Montana2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the score 59448 leads · 3-point gap
59448Heart Buttehealthier than 3% · 14% in Montana1 of 2
59255Poplarin the bottom 0.3% · 4% in Montana2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 59448 leads · 1-point gap
59448Heart Buttehealthier than 3% · 1% in Montana1 of 2
59255Poplarhealthier than 2% · 0% in Montana2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the scoretied — no single leader
59255Poplarin the bottom 0.6% · 1% in Montana=1 of 2
59448Heart Buttein the bottom 0.7% · 1% in Montana=1 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the scoretied — no single leader
59255Poplarin the bottom 0.6% · 0% in Montana=1 of 2
59448Heart Buttein the bottom 0.9% · 0% in Montana=1 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the scoretied — no single leader
59255Poplarin the bottom 0.3% · 0% in Montana=1 of 2
59448Heart Buttein the bottom 0.3% · 0% in Montana=1 of 2
Disability7% of the scoretied — no single leader
59255Poplarin the bottom 0.7% · 0% in Montana=1 of 2
59448Heart Buttein the bottom 1.0% · 0% in Montana=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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Heart Butte vs. Poplar

Heart Butte 59448 · MTLEADS22.11
Poplar 59255 · MT18.58

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

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