How the Iowa City, IA metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Iowa City, IA metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202621 of 21 ZIP codes scored · 0.18M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Iowa City, IA metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 21 of 21- 1,08352317in North Liberty · 23,097 residents67.74
- 1,87052340in Tiffin · 6,128 residents65.34
- 1,95452333in Solon · 7,295 residents65.13
- 2,30252241in Coralville · 23,250 residents64.29
- 2,53952338in Shueyville · 3,934 residents63.85
- 2,66052245in Iowa City · 22,853 residents63.61
- 4,27052246in Iowa City · 22,308 residents60.79
- 5,27552322in Oxford · 2,266 residents59.41
- 6,99652755in Lone Tree · 2,092 residents57.29
- 7,32552201in Ainsworth · 1,148 residents56.95
- 7,66952327in Riverside · 3,796 residents56.58
- 8,76452621in Crawfordsville · 604 residents55.58
- 8,91152247in Kalona · 5,914 residents55.46
- 10,14552240in Iowa City · 35,074 residents54.44
- 13,57752356in Wellman · 2,664 residents51.91
- 14,82152248in Keota · 1,675 residents51.02
- 16,50752353in Washington · 9,241 residents49.81
- 16,72052359in West Chester · 308 residents49.65
- 17,28252540in Pleasant Plain · 1,088 residents49.27
- 19,39552242in Iowa City · 4,688 residents47.64
- 21,12952235in Hills · 974 residents46.19
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 21 of 21- 21,12952235in Hills · 974 residents46.19
- 19,39552242in Iowa City · 4,688 residents47.64
- 17,28252540in Pleasant Plain · 1,088 residents49.27
- 16,72052359in West Chester · 308 residents49.65
- 16,50752353in Washington · 9,241 residents49.81
- 14,82152248in Keota · 1,675 residents51.02
- 13,57752356in Wellman · 2,664 residents51.91
- 10,14552240in Iowa City · 35,074 residents54.44
- 8,91152247in Kalona · 5,914 residents55.46
- 8,76452621in Crawfordsville · 604 residents55.58
- 7,66952327in Riverside · 3,796 residents56.58
- 7,32552201in Ainsworth · 1,148 residents56.95
- 6,99652755in Lone Tree · 2,092 residents57.29
- 5,27552322in Oxford · 2,266 residents59.41
- 4,27052246in Iowa City · 22,308 residents60.79
- 2,66052245in Iowa City · 22,853 residents63.61
- 2,53952338in Shueyville · 3,934 residents63.85
- 2,30252241in Coralville · 23,250 residents64.29
- 1,95452333in Solon · 7,295 residents65.13
- 1,87052340in Tiffin · 6,128 residents65.34
- 1,08352317in North Liberty · 23,097 residents67.74
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Iowa City, IA metro. Nine domains make it up, and they are not spread the same way across the people who live here. Each row divides this metro's ZIP codes into fifths by how they stand against each other on that domain, then counts who lives at each end. If a domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents, every row would read about 20%.
The highest-standing fifth
5 of 21 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
Standing highest: 52242 Iowa City52317 North Liberty52340 Tiffin
Standing highest: 52241 Coralville52245 Iowa City52246 Iowa City
Standing highest: 52317 North Liberty52333 Solon52359 West Chester
Each fifth is about 5 of this metro’s 21 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 180,397 residents. A ZIP code is compared here only if it carries a resident count to weight it by and enough measured data on that domain — the rest are left out of that domain’s fifths rather than filled in from a coarser geography, which is why this count can sit just below the metro’s scored total.
The mark shows 20% — where a row would sit if that domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents.
Each ZIP code is compared with the other ZIP codes in this metro that are measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.
Why this matters
The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The Iowa City, IA figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.
A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.