PlainZIP

Alpha, MN

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Alpha, MN: 1 USPS ZIP, population 420. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet ALPHA-MN · Alpha, MN 1 ZIPs · 420 pop · #4760/25278 · Jackson County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-HIGH $98,125
  • RANK-TOP #4760/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Okabena
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 90% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 420
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $104,800

Nearest income peer: Okabena, MN ( $12,125 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Alpha

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Alpha on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Alpha, MN sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 19%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
420
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$98,125
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $98,125 and home value $104,800 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 35.1%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (90.4%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Minnesota, Rockville is the closest lower-income city and Ostrander the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Alpha.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 56111, is all of Alpha

There is no split to weigh here: 56111 holds every one of Alpha's 420 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Alpha's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 7 establishments, 21 employees , annual payroll $1,775k (~17 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 56111 (7 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Alpha, MN

These ZIP codes sit in Jackson County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Alpha. See the Jackson County roll-up →

No other city sharing Jackson County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Alpha. Jackson, Lakefield and Heron Lake sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Jackson marks the far end of that range at $70,771, 28% below Alpha.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
56111 420 $98,125 7 3
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