ZIP code
57339
in Fort Thompson, South DakotaPopulation 1,390
25.50/ 100
Ranked #31,414 of 32,066 US ZIPs (bottom 2.1%)
Ranked #343 of 360 South Dakota ZIPs (bottom 4.8%)
Ranks are modeled estimates — ZIPs a few hundred places apart are effectively tied.
What defines this ZIP
Metrics where this ZIP sits in the tails of the national distribution — the ones that most set it apart. Select any tile for its definition and methodology.
Energy-cost burden
7.5%
in the top 0.9% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST96thUS99thDefinition & source ›
The modeled share of household income spent on home energy bills — electricity, gas, and heating fuels.
A modeled share of household income spent on home energy. Estimates that hit the model’s 100% ceiling are suppressed rather than published, because at that point the figure reflects the model’s limit rather than a measured burden.
Full methodology ›Vision disability
12.0%
in the top 2.1% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST93rdUS98thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults who are blind or have serious difficulty seeing even with glasses.
Full methodology ›Elder-services access
1.4 per 1,000 residents
in the top 0.4% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST98thUS99thDefinition & source ›
The number of services for older adults and people with disabilities inside this ZIP’s boundary, per 1,000 residents.
Counted from establishments located inside this ZIP’s boundary, so one just across the line is not counted. Where a ZIP has too few residents for the density to be reliable, no value is published rather than an unreliable one.
Full methodology ›Independent-living disability
15.7%
in the top 1.9% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST94thUS98thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults who have difficulty doing errands alone, such as visiting a doctor’s office, because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition.
Full methodology ›Tooth loss
31.3%
in the top 2.5% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST94thUS98thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults aged 65 and older who have lost all of their natural teeth.
Full methodology ›Cognitive disability
23.8%
in the top 1.7% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST95thUS98thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults with serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions.
Full methodology ›Colon-cancer screening
51.2%
in the bottom 2.5% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST6thUS2ndDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults aged 45–75 who are up to date on colorectal-cancer screening.
Full methodology ›Fatal road crashes
71.9 per 100,000 residents per year
in the top 1.3% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST99thUS99thDefinition & source ›
The annual rate of fatal road crashes per 100,000 residents, pooled over a ten-year window.
A rate per resident population. Where a ZIP has too few residents for the rate to be reliable — about 30% of US ZIPs — no value is published rather than an unstable one; those ZIPs are absent from this comparison, not counted as crash-free.
Full methodology ›Obesity
49.3%
in the top 0.9% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST99thUS99thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults with obesity, defined as a body-mass index of 30 or higher.
Full methodology ›Distance to a Superfund site
169 mi
in the top 1.5% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST94thUS99thDefinition & source ›
The distance in miles from this ZIP’s edge to the nearest Superfund site — an abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous-waste site the EPA has listed for cleanup.
Full methodology ›Cross-source signals
Health need and barriers to care documented here
On our reading, this ZIP code carries the overlap at its acute level: acute means at least three of the six health-need readings and at least three of the six access barriers apply to the same place.
These are two separate readings of public data that both apply to this place — never a claim that one causes the other, never a severity score, and never a statement about any person who lives here.
Health need documented here
- People living in poverty
- Adults reporting fair or poor health
- Chronic conditions
Barriers to reaching care
- Distance to the nearest emergency room
- Thin local supply of doctors
- Thin local supply of pharmacies
- Households with no vehicle
A reading appears below only where this ZIP code is among the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes on it — one national bar, the same for every ZIP in the country.
See the full care-deserts analysis →The read
In its overall standing, Fort Thompson, South Dakota (ZIP 57339) lands in the bottom 2.1% nationally (31,414th) and the bottom 4.8% of South Dakota (343rd), based on limited data; treat as directional.
Reading the data plainly, a few things define this area first: modeled energy burden is in the top 0.9% nationally, vision disability sits in the top 2.1% nationally, and independent living disability lands in the top 1.9% nationally. Modeled tooth loss lies in the top 2.5% nationally, cognitive disability stands in the top 1.7% nationally, and colon screening rests in the bottom 2.5% nationally. Fatal road crashes registers in the top 1.3% nationally, and modeled obesity resides in the top 0.9% nationally. More encouragingly, elder services settles in the top 0.4% nationally, and distance to a Superfund site is in the top 1.5% nationally.
Against the wider neighborhood, elder services runs far higher than the surrounding ZIPs on this measure. Put simply, distance to a Superfund site is an abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous-waste site the EPA has identified for cleanup. Energy burden is the share of household income that goes to home energy bills. On the overall standing, ZIP 57325, just across the boundary, ranks healthier. In the round, the area also shows documented health need overlapping with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes on several need measures and several access barriers.
What’s driving this score
Nine domains make up the ZipVitals Score — here is how this ZIP does on each, and how much each one counts.
Compared with the ZIP codes measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes.
Nothing measured is lifting this score.
About typical
Environmental Hazard
healthier than 43%
14%
Climate / Disaster RiskPartial
healthier than 45%
5%
Holding it back
Chronic Disease Burden
healthier than 14%
21%
Social Need / SDOH
in the bottom 0.6%
16%
Preventive Care
healthier than 3%
13%
Risk Behavior
healthier than 1%
11%
Mental Health
healthier than 10%
8%
Disability
healthier than 2%
7%
Healthcare Access
healthier than 28%
5%
Lifting this score
Environmental Hazard
healthier than 65%
14%
Healthcare Access
healthier than 73%
5%
Holding it back
Chronic Disease Burden
healthier than 7%
21%
Social Need / SDOH
in the bottom 0.05%
16%
Preventive Care
healthier than 2%
13%
Risk Behavior
healthier than 1%
11%
Mental Health
healthier than 2%
8%
Disability
healthier than 3%
7%
Climate / Disaster RiskPartial
healthier than 25%
5%
“Share” is how much of this ZIP’s score the domain accounts for. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain. How the score works, and who it compares you with ›
Nearby & similar ZIPs
Editorially selected — see how this ZIP compares to nearby and similar places.
Nearby
57325
South Dakotashares a border
Score 51.40
Closest healthier
57345
South Dakotashares a border
Score 52.95
Similar health profile
57555
South Dakota99% similar profile
Score 22.67
How these were chosen: only ZIPs with a published Score appear — a nearby ZIP with too little data to score won’t. Nearby means closest by distance between ZIP boundaries, which can cross state lines. A similar health profile is a close match across the nine Score domains, not similar demographics. Distances are measured between ZIP boundaries — ZIPs that touch share a border. How distance is measured
Evidence
Every measure this page draws on, by source. Collapsed by default — the full data stays in the page for search engines either way.
Health OutcomesCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Arthritis among adults | 26.9% | 23.8–30.2 |
| High blood pressure among adults | 36.8% | 32.6–41.1 |
| Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults | 5.6% | 5.0–6.3 |
| Current asthma among adults | 14.5% | 12.8–16.4 |
| Coronary heart disease among adults | 8.6% | 7.6–9.6 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults | 10.3% | 8.9–11.9 |
| Depression among adults | 22.5% | 18.9–26.3 |
| Diagnosed diabetes among adults | 19.2% | 16.9–21.6 |
| High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened | 30.9% | 27.0–35.0 |
| Obesity among adults | 49.3% | 40.8–58.0 |
| Stroke among adults | 5.4% | 4.8–6.0 |
| All teeth lost among adults aged >=65 years | 31.3% | 26.5–36.4 |
PreventionCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years | 14.5% | 11.4–18.0 |
| Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure | 72.5% | 69.3–75.4 |
| Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults | 73.5% | 69.0–77.7 |
| Cholesterol screening among adults | 76.1% | 72.8–79.3 |
| Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years | 51.2% | 46.0–56.4 |
| Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults | 44.7% | 40.8–48.8 |
| Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years | 67.8% | 58.9–75.9 |
Health Risk BehaviorsCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Binge drinking among adults | 16.5% | 13.4–20.0 |
| Current cigarette smoking among adults | 32.9% | 28.6–37.7 |
| No leisure-time physical activity among adults | 37.4% | 31.5–43.8 |
| Short sleep duration among adults | 39.2% | 32.4–46.1 |
Health StatusCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults | 33.0% | 28.7–37.7 |
| Frequent mental distress among adults | 23.4% | 20.7–26.4 |
| Frequent physical distress among adults | 19.9% | 17.4–22.7 |
DisabilityCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Cognitive disability among adults | 23.8% | 20.7–27.5 |
| Any disability among adults | 46.6% | 40.9–52.5 |
| Hearing disability among adults | 11.8% | 10.5–13.3 |
| Independent living disability among adults | 15.7% | 13.6–18.0 |
| Mobility disability among adults | 21.7% | 18.9–24.8 |
| Self-care disability among adults | 7.0% | 6.1–8.0 |
| Vision disability among adults | 12.0% | 10.6–13.6 |
Community & economyCensus ACS 5-Year · 2024 release · observed
| Measure | Value | US median (p10–p90) | SD median (p10–p90) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poverty rate | 36.3% | 10.6% (3.1–25.8%) n=32,364 | 8.8% (1.1–33.5%) n=364 |
| Uninsured 18–64 | 66.6% | 9.0% (1.5–24.3%) n=32,286 | 9.6% (0.0–33.2%) n=365 |
| No HS diploma (25+) | 13.5% | 7.9% (1.8–20.7%) n=32,505 | 6.0% (0.8–15.3%) n=366 |
| Bachelor's or higher (25+) | 7.2% | 23.3% (9.2–53.6%) n=32,505 | 24.6% (10.3–40.7%) n=366 |
| Unemployment rate (16+) | 10.0% | 3.9% (0.0–9.8%) n=32,274 | 1.1% (0.0–8.0%) n=365 |
| Households without a vehicle | 15.9% | 3.9% (0.0–12.5%) n=32,322 | 1.9% (0.0–9.6%) n=364 |
| Broadband subscription | 64.8% | 89.3% (75.1–97.1%) n=32,322 | 87.9% (73.7–96.3%) n=364 |
| Housing cost burden (≥30% income) | 25.0% | 23.7% (10.6–40.0%) n=32,322 | 17.5% (5.2–30.6%) n=364 |
| Homeownership rate | 43.5% | 78.7% (51.7–94.0%) n=32,322 | 79.9% (57.2–94.8%) n=364 |
| Crowded housing (>1 per room) | 14.5% | 1.3% (0.0–6.3%) n=32,322 | 0.6% (0.0–10.2%) n=364 |
| Foreign-born population | 0.0% | 2.6% (0.0–18.6%) n=32,553 | 0.6% (0.0–5.3%) n=367 |
| Single-parent households | 33.3% | 53.6% (37.3–74.1%) n=32,087 | 56.7% (32.7–81.4%) n=362 |
| Population 65+ | 8.7% | 19.4% (10.8–33.6%) n=32,553 | 20.3% (8.4–33.0%) n=367 |
| Median age | 21.3 yr | 42.2 yr (33.0–56.3) n=32,292 | 41.5 yr (27.6–56.7) n=365 |
| Median household income | $46,136 | $72,070 ($46,039–$118,707) n=30,318 | $74,865 ($51,211–$102,582) n=336 |
| Median home value | $121,700 | $222,200 ($100,300–$579,820) n=30,049 | $177,400 ($79,000–$321,400) n=311 |
| Median gross rent | $605 | $1,021 ($677–$1,912) n=25,670 | $763 ($544–$1,089) n=243 |
Life expectancyNCHS / RWJF USALEEP · model-based
| Measure | Value | US median (p10–p90) | SD median (p10–p90) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy at birth | 74.8 yr ± 1.10 | 78.9 yr (74.7–82.8) n=31,308 | 80.7 yr (77.4–84.2) n=357 |
About the ± — it’s this estimate’s give-or-take (statisticians call it the standard error). The true life expectancy for this ZIP most likely falls within 1.10 years of 74.8, and it’s very unlikely to be off by more than twice that.
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