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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. 88250323in Urbandale · 17,265 residents68.52
  2. 1,33950263in Waukee · 29,611 residents66.79
  3. 1,45550266in West Des Moines · 37,523 residents66.45
  4. 1,67750069in De Soto · 1,109 residents65.83
  5. 2,05050325in Clive · 19,012 residents64.89
  6. 2,09250038in Booneville · 235 residents64.78
  7. 2,13850007in Alleman · 444 residents64.67
  8. 2,63450073in Elkhart · 1,208 residents63.66
  9. 2,67850309in Des Moines · 10,110 residents63.59
  10. 2,75150035in Bondurant · 10,131 residents63.43
  11. 2,86450261in Van Meter · 3,399 residents63.20
  12. 2,98950023in Ankeny · 46,306 residents62.96
  13. 3,05150109in Granger · 3,309 residents62.86
  14. 3,11350021in Ankeny · 30,283 residents62.73
  15. 3,35750226in Polk City · 7,759 residents62.26
  16. 3,39450131in Johnston · 24,583 residents62.20
  17. 3,77350276in Woodward · 2,679 residents61.56
  18. 3,88650312in Des Moines · 15,802 residents61.37
  19. 4,21450003in Adel · 9,948 residents60.87
  20. 4,24950211in Norwalk · 16,835 residents60.82
  21. 4,42350061in Cumming · 2,123 residents60.58
  22. 4,68150063in Dallas Center · 2,720 residents60.24
  23. 4,78650111in Grimes · 16,865 residents60.10
  24. 5,39250265in West Des Moines · 33,488 residents59.27
  25. 5,41550324in Windsor Heights · 5,143 residents59.24
  26. 5,65050072in Earlham · 2,979 residents58.93
  27. 5,67550161in Maxwell · 2,296 residents58.90
  28. 5,68250218in Patterson · 346 residents58.89
  29. 6,06350001in Ackworth · 650 residents58.41
  30. 6,20250156in Madrid · 4,575 residents58.24
  31. 6,23150233in Redfield · 1,406 residents58.21
  32. 6,54550039in Bouton · 344 residents57.84
  33. 6,55950322in Urbandale · 31,931 residents57.82
  34. 6,60650240in St. Charles · 2,393 residents57.76
  35. 6,90450125in Indianola · 20,121 residents57.39
  36. 6,97250167in Minburn · 592 residents57.32
  37. 7,34450229in Prole · 1,585 residents56.94
  38. 7,53850170in Monroe · 3,024 residents56.72
  39. 7,67750166in Milo · 2,023 residents56.58
  40. 7,73350273in Winterset · 8,950 residents56.53
  41. 7,82150251in Sully · 1,365 residents56.45
  42. 7,91050070in Dexter · 1,221 residents56.37
  43. 7,92650210in New Virginia · 1,487 residents56.36
  44. 7,98450228in Prairie City · 2,120 residents56.29
  45. 8,00050232in Reasnor · 569 residents56.27
  46. 8,16050153in Lynnville · 890 residents56.11
  47. 8,17950028in Baxter · 1,981 residents56.09
  48. 8,24050127in Ira · 10 residents56.04
  49. 8,52250237in Runnells · 3,635 residents55.80
  50. 8,67650160in Martensdale · 569 residents55.66
  51. 8,94850009in Altoona · 22,886 residents55.43
  52. 9,07350168in Mingo · 826 residents55.31
  53. 9,07450169in Mitchellville · 3,667 residents55.31
  54. 9,10450321in Des Moines · 7,900 residents55.28
  55. 9,31650216in Panora · 2,786 residents55.12
  56. 9,38650054in Colfax · 3,166 residents55.05
  57. 9,64950139in Lacona · 1,025 residents54.84
  58. 9,68350118in Hartford · 920 residents54.81
  59. 10,28150047in Carlisle · 6,690 residents54.33
  60. 10,43550222in East Peru · 328 residents54.21
  61. 10,47950277in Yale · 582 residents54.17
  62. 10,81150327in Pleasant Hill · 13,177 residents53.91
  63. 11,00650026in Bagley · 481 residents53.77
  64. 11,10050310in Des Moines · 31,177 residents53.69
  65. 11,20850128in Jamaica · 330 residents53.62
  66. 12,06250257in Truro · 914 residents53.02
  67. 12,17550146in Linden · 577 residents52.94
  68. 12,62150066in Dawson · 191 residents52.61
  69. 12,68350311in Des Moines · 14,574 residents52.56
  70. 12,81550155in Macksburg · 94 residents52.47
  71. 12,86750115in Guthrie Center · 2,809 residents52.43
  72. 13,79850164in Menlo · 682 residents51.73
  73. 14,46850320in Des Moines · 24,807 residents51.27
  74. 15,77250250in Stuart · 2,832 residents50.34
  75. 15,78750029in Bayard · 523 residents50.33
  76. 15,92550135in Kellogg · 1,754 residents50.23
  77. 16,33350048in Casey · 562 residents49.94
  78. 18,36850220in Perry · 9,216 residents48.45
  79. 19,68250208in Newton · 20,595 residents47.39
  80. 20,04450032in Berwick · 707 residents47.11
  81. 20,96750315in Des Moines · 34,816 residents46.32
  82. 23,41750313in Des Moines · 17,440 residents43.99
  83. 23,64850317in Des Moines · 36,548 residents43.76
  84. 27,86450316in Des Moines · 16,710 residents38.26
  85. 30,14450314in 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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