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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.

Comparing81235Lake City, CO80456Jefferson, CO2–5 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	Lake City81235 · CO	Jefferson80456 · CO
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	62.44 Leads	61.97
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#3,267of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#3,539of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#109of 502 CO ZIPs	#118of 502 CO ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	Not in a metro area	#57of 127 ZIPs in its 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	Lake City81235 · CO	Jefferson80456 · CO
ZipVitals Score	62.44 Leads	61.97
National rank	#3,267of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#3,539of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#109of 502 CO ZIPs	#118of 502 CO ZIPs
Metro rank	Not in a metro area	#57of 127 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 — 81235: not in a metro area · 80456: Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO.

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 81235 leads · 29-point gap
81235Lake City		healthier than 52% · 33% in Colorado	1 of 2
80456Jefferson		healthier than 23% · 12% in Colorado, 3% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 80456 leads · 7-point gap
80456Jefferson		healthier than 11% · 20% in Colorado, 12% in its metro area	1 of 2
81235Lake City		healthier than 4% · 6% in Colorado	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 81235 leads · 5-point gap
81235Lake City		healthier than 91% · 86% in Colorado	1 of 2
80456Jefferson		healthier than 86% · 82% in Colorado, 92% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 80456 leads · 3-point gap
80456Jefferson		healthier than 91% · 99% in Colorado, 98% in its metro area	1 of 2
81235Lake City		healthier than 88% · 97% in Colorado	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 80456 leads · 3-point gap
80456Jefferson		healthier than 88% · 71% in Colorado, 54% in its metro area	1 of 2
81235Lake City		healthier than 85% · 65% in Colorado	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 81235 leads · 2-point gap
81235Lake City		healthier than 84% · 98% in Colorado	1 of 2
80456Jefferson		healthier than 82% · 97% in Colorado, 95% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 81235 leads · 2-point gap
81235Lake City		in the top 0.6% · 89% in Colorado	1 of 2
80456Jefferson		healthier than 97% · 67% in Colorado, 85% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 81235 leads · 1-point gap
81235Lake City		healthier than 65% · 30% in Colorado	1 of 2
80456Jefferson		healthier than 64% · 29% in Colorado, 4% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 81235 leads · 1-point gap
81235Lake City		healthier than 98% · 92% in Colorado	1 of 2
80456Jefferson		healthier than 97% · 91% in Colorado, 93% in its metro area	2 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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Lake City vs. Jefferson

Lake City 81235 · COLEADS62.44

Jefferson 80456 · CO61.97

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

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