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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.

Comparing83646Meridian, ID80026Lafayette, 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	Meridian83646 · ID	Lafayette80026 · CO
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	59.59	67.10 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#5,162of 32,066 US ZIPs	#1,264of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#15of 268 ID ZIPs	#33of 502 CO ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#6of 38 ZIPs in its metro area	#9of 17 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	Meridian83646 · ID	Lafayette80026 · CO
ZipVitals Score	59.59	67.10 Leads
National rank	#5,162of 32,066 US ZIPs	#1,264of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#15of 268 ID ZIPs	#33of 502 CO ZIPs
Metro rank	#6of 38 ZIPs in its metro area	#9of 17 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 — 83646: Boise City, ID · 80026: Boulder, 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

Mental Health8% of the score 80026 leads · 23-point gap
80026Lafayette		healthier than 73% · 74% in Colorado, 47% in its metro area	1 of 2
83646Meridian		healthier than 50% · 28% in Idaho, 50% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 80026 leads · 21-point gap
80026Lafayette		in the top 0.00% · 100% in Colorado, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
83646Meridian		healthier than 79% · 76% in Idaho, 42% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 80026 leads · 17-point gap
80026Lafayette		healthier than 93% · 84% in Colorado, 53% in its metro area	1 of 2
83646Meridian		healthier than 76% · 95% in Idaho, 92% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 80026 leads · 11-point gap
80026Lafayette		healthier than 26% · 29% in Colorado, 33% in its metro area	1 of 2
83646Meridian		healthier than 15% · 45% in Idaho, 67% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 80026 leads · 11-point gap
80026Lafayette		healthier than 59% · 12% in Colorado, 20% in its metro area	1 of 2
83646Meridian		healthier than 48% · 11% in Idaho, 25% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 80026 leads · 10-point gap
80026Lafayette		healthier than 97% · 88% in Colorado, 53% in its metro area	1 of 2
83646Meridian		healthier than 87% · 92% in Idaho, 79% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 80026 leads · 8-point gap
80026Lafayette		healthier than 98% · 94% in Colorado, 33% in its metro area	1 of 2
83646Meridian		healthier than 90% · 78% in Idaho, 75% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 83646 leads · 7-point gap
83646Meridian		healthier than 37% · 75% in Idaho, 71% in its metro area	1 of 2
80026Lafayette		healthier than 30% · 61% in Colorado, 33% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 80026 leads · 5-point gap
80026Lafayette		healthier than 97% · 95% in Colorado, 80% in its metro area	1 of 2
83646Meridian		healthier than 92% · 83% in Idaho, 71% 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. 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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Lafayette vs. Meridian

Lafayette 80026 · COLEADS67.10

Meridian 83646 · ID59.59

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

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