How the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202625 of 25 ZIP codes scored · 0.17M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 25 of 25- 2,69350622in Denver · 3,549 residents63.54
- 3,51950647in Janesville · 1,978 residents62.00
- 3,94250643in Hudson · 3,027 residents61.30
- 5,78150669in Reinbeck · 2,439 residents58.76
- 5,87650677in Waverly · 12,673 residents58.63
- 6,34150613in Cedar Falls · 43,867 residents58.06
- 6,43750624in Dike · 1,855 residents57.96
- 7,14850676in Tripoli · 2,017 residents57.13
- 7,21350621in Conrad · 1,601 residents57.07
- 7,46450668in Readlyn · 1,216 residents56.80
- 7,66750638in Grundy Center · 3,441 residents56.58
- 7,71250626in Dunkerton · 1,468 residents56.54
- 7,79650609in Beaman · 377 residents56.47
- 8,68750634in Gilbertville · 761 residents55.65
- 9,02150667in Raymond · 899 residents55.36
- 9,31250673in Stout · 250 residents55.12
- 9,86950651in La Porte City · 3,147 residents54.67
- 9,98950680in Wellsburg · 1,027 residents54.56
- 10,04650642in Holland · 577 residents54.52
- 11,81550701in Waterloo · 30,232 residents53.18
- 12,21050674in Sumner · 3,446 residents52.91
- 12,61050666in Plainfield · 753 residents52.61
- 14,99050702in Waterloo · 20,882 residents50.90
- 23,25950707in Evansdale · 7,784 residents44.16
- 26,34450703in Waterloo · 17,952 residents40.58
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 25 of 25- 26,34450703in Waterloo · 17,952 residents40.58
- 23,25950707in Evansdale · 7,784 residents44.16
- 14,99050702in Waterloo · 20,882 residents50.90
- 12,61050666in Plainfield · 753 residents52.61
- 12,21050674in Sumner · 3,446 residents52.91
- 11,81550701in Waterloo · 30,232 residents53.18
- 10,04650642in Holland · 577 residents54.52
- 9,98950680in Wellsburg · 1,027 residents54.56
- 9,86950651in La Porte City · 3,147 residents54.67
- 9,31250673in Stout · 250 residents55.12
- 9,02150667in Raymond · 899 residents55.36
- 8,68750634in Gilbertville · 761 residents55.65
- 7,79650609in Beaman · 377 residents56.47
- 7,71250626in Dunkerton · 1,468 residents56.54
- 7,66750638in Grundy Center · 3,441 residents56.58
- 7,46450668in Readlyn · 1,216 residents56.80
- 7,21350621in Conrad · 1,601 residents57.07
- 7,14850676in Tripoli · 2,017 residents57.13
- 6,43750624in Dike · 1,855 residents57.96
- 6,34150613in Cedar Falls · 43,867 residents58.06
- 5,87650677in Waverly · 12,673 residents58.63
- 5,78150669in Reinbeck · 2,439 residents58.76
- 3,94250643in Hudson · 3,027 residents61.30
- 3,51950647in Janesville · 1,978 residents62.00
- 2,69350622in Denver · 3,549 residents63.54
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Waterloo-Cedar Falls, 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 25 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
Each fifth is about 5 of this metro’s 25 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 167,218 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 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, 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.