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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.

Comparing59531Joplin, MT59522Chester, MT2–5 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	Joplin59531 · MT	Chester59522 · MT
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	39.58	39.78 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#27,027of 32,066 US ZIPs	#26,903of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#304of 341 MT ZIPs	#302of 341 MT 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	Joplin59531 · MT	Chester59522 · MT
ZipVitals Score	39.58	39.78 Leads
National rank	#27,027of 32,066 US ZIPs	#26,903of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#304of 341 MT ZIPs	#302of 341 MT 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 — 59531: not in a metro area · 59522: 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

Risk Behavior11% of the score 59522 leads · 6-point gap
59522Chester		healthier than 39% · 16% in Montana	1 of 2
59531Joplin		healthier than 33% · 12% in Montana	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 59531 leads · 3-point gap
59531Joplin		healthier than 90% · 93% in Montana	1 of 2
59522Chester		healthier than 87% · 92% in Montana	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 59522 leads · 3-point gap
59522Chester		healthier than 30% · 21% in Montana	1 of 2
59531Joplin		healthier than 27% · 19% in Montana	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 59531 leads · 3-point gap
59531Joplin		healthier than 14% · 4% in Montana	1 of 2
59522Chester		healthier than 11% · 4% in Montana	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 59531 leads · 2-point gap
59531Joplin		healthier than 17% · 8% in Montana	1 of 2
59522Chester		healthier than 15% · 5% in Montana	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 59531 leads · 2-point gap
59531Joplin		healthier than 16% · 14% in Montana	1 of 2
59522Chester		healthier than 14% · 14% in Montana	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 59522 leads · 1-point gap
59522Chester		in the bottom 1.0% · 6% in Montana	1 of 2
59531Joplin		in the bottom 0.07% · 0% in Montana	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the scoretied — no single leader
59531Joplin		healthier than 19% · 15% in Montana	=1 of 2
59522Chester		healthier than 19% · 16% in Montana	=1 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoretied — no single leader
59531JoplinPartial		in the top 0.2% · 99% in Montana	=1 of 2
59522ChesterPartial		in the top 0.02% · 100% 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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Chester vs. Joplin

Chester 59522 · MTLEADS39.78

Joplin 59531 · MT39.58

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

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