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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.

Comparing81050La Junta, CO88230Dexter, NM2–5 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	La Junta81050 · CO	Dexter88230 · NM
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	43.59 Leads	37.35
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#23,815of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#28,370of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#476of 502 CO ZIPs	#276of 337 NM 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	La Junta81050 · CO	Dexter88230 · NM
ZipVitals Score	43.59 Leads	37.35
National rank	#23,815of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#28,370of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#476of 502 CO ZIPs	#276of 337 NM 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 — 81050: not in a metro area · 88230: 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

Healthcare Access5% of the score 81050 leads · 51-point gap
81050La Junta		healthier than 90% · 90% in Colorado	1 of 2
88230Dexter		healthier than 39% · 60% in New Mexico	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 81050 leads · 33-point gap
81050La Junta		healthier than 59% · 12% in Colorado	1 of 2
88230Dexter		healthier than 26% · 17% in New Mexico	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 88230 leads · 20-point gap
88230Dexter		healthier than 92% · 54% in New Mexico	1 of 2
81050La Junta		healthier than 72% · 68% in Colorado	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 81050 leads · 13-point gap
81050La Junta		healthier than 22% · 3% in Colorado	1 of 2
88230Dexter		healthier than 9% · 28% in New Mexico	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 81050 leads · 10-point gap
81050La Junta		healthier than 43% · 22% in Colorado	1 of 2
88230Dexter		healthier than 33% · 26% in New Mexico	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 81050 leads · 6-point gap
81050La JuntaPartial		healthier than 25% · 0% in Colorado	1 of 2
88230Dexter		healthier than 19% · 3% in New Mexico	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 81050 leads · 4-point gap
81050La Junta		healthier than 6% · 11% in Colorado	1 of 2
88230Dexter		healthier than 2% · 13% in New Mexico	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 81050 leads · 2-point gap
81050La Junta		healthier than 6% · 2% in Colorado	1 of 2
88230Dexter		healthier than 4% · 20% in New Mexico	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the scoretied — no single leader
81050La Junta		healthier than 50% · 14% in Colorado	=1 of 2
88230Dexter		healthier than 50% · 50% in New Mexico	=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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La Junta vs. Dexter

La Junta 81050 · COLEADS43.59

Dexter 88230 · NM37.35

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

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