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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.

Comparing59912Columbia Falls, MT55421Columbia Heights, MN
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
Columbia Falls59912 · MT
Columbia Heights55421 · MN
ZipVitals Score52.6953.15 Leads
National rank#12,509of 32,066 US ZIPs#11,863of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#99of 341 MT ZIPs#483of 866 MN ZIPs
Metro rankNot in a metro area#193of 224 ZIPs in its metro area

ZipVitals Score — Composite of 9 scoring domainsNational rank, State rank and Metro rank — Among ZIPs with a computed score

Metro areas — 59912: not in a metro area · 55421: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI.

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 59912 leads · 16-point gap
59912Columbia Fallshealthier than 81% · 87% in Montana1 of 2
55421Columbia Heightshealthier than 65% · 59% in Minnesota, 18% in its metro area2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 55421 leads · 11-point gap
55421Columbia Heightshealthier than 79% · 66% in Minnesota, 28% in its metro area1 of 2
59912Columbia Fallshealthier than 68% · 79% in Montana2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 59912 leads · 10-point gap
59912Columbia Fallshealthier than 90% · 29% in Montana1 of 2
55421Columbia Heightshealthier than 80% · 59% in Minnesota, 80% in its metro area2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the score 59912 leads · 10-point gap
59912Columbia Fallshealthier than 91% · 92% in Montana1 of 2
55421Columbia Heightshealthier than 81% · 92% in Minnesota, 83% in its metro area2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 59912 leads · 6-point gap
59912Columbia Fallshealthier than 64% · 40% in Montana1 of 2
55421Columbia Heightshealthier than 58% · 35% in Minnesota, 28% in its metro area2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 55421 leads · 5-point gap
55421Columbia Heightshealthier than 27% · 6% in Minnesota, 12% in its metro area1 of 2
59912Columbia Fallshealthier than 22% · 24% in Montana2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 59912 leads · 3-point gap
59912Columbia Fallshealthier than 49% · 42% in Montana1 of 2
55421Columbia Heightshealthier than 46% · 25% in Minnesota, 30% in its metro area2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 59912 leads · 1-point gap
59912Columbia Fallshealthier than 5% · 5% in Montana1 of 2
55421Columbia Heightshealthier than 4% · 6% in Minnesota, 16% in its metro area2 of 2
Disability7% of the scoretied — no single leader
59912Columbia Fallshealthier than 60% · 65% in Montana=1 of 2
55421Columbia Heightshealthier than 60% · 33% in Minnesota, 10% in its metro area=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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Columbia Heights vs. Columbia Falls

Columbia Heights 55421 · MNLEADS53.15
Columbia Falls 59912 · MT52.69

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

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