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Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro ZIP codes, ranked by the ZipVitals Score

Every Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro ZIP code (ZCTA) with a ZipVitals Score, ranked within the metro — descriptive of documented conditions, never a verdict on the people who live there.

Data release 202685 ZIP codes in this ranking

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#ZIP code · locatorScore
  1. 88650323in Urbandale · 17,265 residents68.51
  2. 1,34950263in Waukee · 29,611 residents66.78
  3. 1,46850266in West Des Moines · 37,523 residents66.44
  4. 1,68550069in De Soto · 1,109 residents65.83
  5. 2,05050325in Clive · 19,012 residents64.88
  6. 2,09650038in Booneville · 235 residents64.77
  7. 2,13950007in Alleman · 444 residents64.66
  8. 2,63450073in Elkhart · 1,208 residents63.65
  9. 2,67750309in Des Moines · 10,110 residents63.58
  10. 2,75150035in Bondurant · 10,131 residents63.42
  11. 2,86250261in Van Meter · 3,399 residents63.20
  12. 2,99450023in Ankeny · 46,306 residents62.96
  13. 3,05550109in Granger · 3,309 residents62.85
  14. 3,11850021in Ankeny · 30,283 residents62.73
  15. 3,36450226in Polk City · 7,759 residents62.25
  16. 3,40050131in Johnston · 24,583 residents62.19
  17. 3,78150276in Woodward · 2,679 residents61.54
  18. 3,89450312in Des Moines · 15,802 residents61.37
  19. 4,22450003in Adel · 9,948 residents60.86
  20. 4,25650211in Norwalk · 16,835 residents60.81
  21. 4,42750061in Cumming · 2,123 residents60.58
  22. 4,68850063in Dallas Center · 2,720 residents60.23
  23. 4,78950111in Grimes · 16,865 residents60.09
  24. 5,39850265in West Des Moines · 33,488 residents59.26
  25. 5,42050324in Windsor Heights · 5,143 residents59.23
  26. 5,65750072in Earlham · 2,979 residents58.92
  27. 5,68050161in Maxwell · 2,296 residents58.89
  28. 5,68450218in Patterson · 346 residents58.88
  29. 6,06450001in Ackworth · 650 residents58.41
  30. 6,21150156in Madrid · 4,575 residents58.23
  31. 6,23750233in Redfield · 1,406 residents58.19
  32. 6,54650039in Bouton · 344 residents57.83
  33. 6,56050322in Urbandale · 31,931 residents57.81
  34. 6,60250240in St. Charles · 2,393 residents57.75
  35. 6,90750125in Indianola · 20,121 residents57.38
  36. 6,97950167in Minburn · 592 residents57.31
  37. 7,34250229in Prole · 1,585 residents56.93
  38. 7,53550170in Monroe · 3,024 residents56.72
  39. 7,67350166in Milo · 2,023 residents56.58
  40. 7,73550273in Winterset · 8,950 residents56.52
  41. 7,81950251in Sully · 1,365 residents56.45
  42. 7,91150070in Dexter · 1,221 residents56.37
  43. 7,92050210in New Virginia · 1,487 residents56.35
  44. 7,99050228in Prairie City · 2,120 residents56.28
  45. 8,00050232in Reasnor · 569 residents56.27
  46. 8,15750153in Lynnville · 890 residents56.11
  47. 8,17950028in Baxter · 1,981 residents56.09
  48. 8,23850127in Ira · 10 residents56.04
  49. 8,53550237in Runnells · 3,635 residents55.78
  50. 8,68250160in Martensdale · 569 residents55.65
  51. 8,98050009in Altoona · 22,886 residents55.40
  52. 9,09650169in Mitchellville · 3,667 residents55.30
  53. 9,10150168in Mingo · 826 residents55.29
  54. 9,11950321in Des Moines · 7,900 residents55.28
  55. 9,31950216in Panora · 2,786 residents55.11
  56. 9,38950054in Colfax · 3,166 residents55.05
  57. 9,67950118in Hartford · 920 residents54.81
  58. 9,69450139in Lacona · 1,025 residents54.80
  59. 10,31450047in Carlisle · 6,690 residents54.29
  60. 10,43850222in East Peru · 328 residents54.20
  61. 10,48850277in Yale · 582 residents54.16
  62. 10,82450327in Pleasant Hill · 13,177 residents53.90
  63. 11,01350026in Bagley · 481 residents53.76
  64. 11,10150310in Des Moines · 31,177 residents53.69
  65. 11,21650128in Jamaica · 330 residents53.61
  66. 12,05350257in Truro · 914 residents53.02
  67. 12,20150146in Linden · 577 residents52.92
  68. 12,67250066in Dawson · 191 residents52.57
  69. 12,68850311in Des Moines · 14,574 residents52.55
  70. 12,81450155in Macksburg · 94 residents52.46
  71. 12,86750115in Guthrie Center · 2,809 residents52.43
  72. 13,80650164in Menlo · 682 residents51.72
  73. 14,47150320in Des Moines · 24,807 residents51.26
  74. 15,78550250in Stuart · 2,832 residents50.34
  75. 15,79350029in Bayard · 523 residents50.33
  76. 15,93150135in Kellogg · 1,754 residents50.23
  77. 16,34150048in Casey · 562 residents49.93
  78. 18,36950220in Perry · 9,216 residents48.44
  79. 19,68150208in Newton · 20,595 residents47.39
  80. 20,03350032in Berwick · 707 residents47.10
  81. 20,97250315in Des Moines · 34,816 residents46.31
  82. 23,42750313in Des Moines · 17,440 residents43.99
  83. 23,65150317in Des Moines · 36,548 residents43.75
  84. 27,86850316in Des Moines · 16,710 residents38.26
  85. 30,14650314in Des Moines · 10,438 residents32.60

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How this ranking works

Ranks are each ZIP code’s position in the full national ZipVitals Score ranking, so the numbers jump — this metro holds 85 of the tens of thousands of scored US ZIP codes — and they never change with the sort direction; the rank a ZIP carries here is the rank it carries everywhere on this site. A ZIP whose data is too thin to score is held out entirely rather than filled from county or metro figures.

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