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Cottage Grove, MN

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Cottage Grove, MN: 1 USPS ZIP, population 34,204. 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 COTTAGE-GROVE-MN · Cottage Grove, MN 1 ZIPs · 34,204 pop · #2131/25278 · Washington County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-TOP $120,715
  • RANK-TOP #2131/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Saint Paul
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 88% owners
  • POP-SMALL 34,204
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $377,700

Nearest income peer: Saint Paul, MN ( $4,356 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 Cottage Grove

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Cottage Grove 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, Cottage Grove, MN sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 8%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
34,204
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$120,715
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 $120,715 and home value $377,700 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 40.8%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (88.2%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Minnesota, Randolph is the closest lower-income city and Cedar the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Cottage Grove.

Population concentration

Cottage Grove reads through its lone ZIP, 55016

34,204 ACS residents, one ZIP: 55016 is not the leading code inside Cottage Grove, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Cottage Grove's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 537 establishments, 9,224 employees , annual payroll $484,022k (~16 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 55016 (537 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (80) · also Construction · Professional, scientific, and technical services .

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ZIP Codes in Cottage Grove, MN

These ZIP codes sit in Washington County, which covers 18 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Cottage Grove. See the Washington County roll-up →

Cottage Grove lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Washington County: Hugo, Lake Elmo and Bayport earn more and Saint Paul, Stillwater and Forest Lake earn less. Newport marks the far end of that range at $71,979, 40% below Cottage Grove.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
55016 34,204 $120,715 537 453
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Cottage Grove roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Cottage Grove, .