Cotton, MN

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Cotton, MN: 1 USPS ZIP, population 741. 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 COTTON-MN · Cotton, MN 1 ZIPs · 741 pop · #10993/25278 · St. Louis County

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

  • INC-HIGH $75,313
  • RANK-MID #10993/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Duluth
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 93% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 741
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $226,600

Nearest income peer: Duluth, MN ( $4,441 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 Cotton

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Cotton 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, Cotton, MN sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 43%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
741
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$75,313
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.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 55724 (741 residents). Household income $75,313 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (93.4%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Minnesota, Meadowlands is the closest lower-income city and Lake Lillian the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Cotton.

Population concentration

Cotton reads through its lone ZIP, 55724

741 ACS residents, one ZIP: 55724 is not the leading code inside Cotton, 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 Cotton's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 12 establishments, 68 employees , annual payroll $2,761k (~16 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 55724 (12 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (4) .

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ZIP Codes in Cotton, MN

These ZIP codes sit in St. Louis County, which covers 46 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Cotton. See the St. Louis County roll-up →

Cotton sits in the upper half of St. Louis County on income: Duluth, Hibbing and Virginia report less, while Saginaw and Mountain Iron report more. Virginia marks the far end of that range at $53,750, 29% below Cotton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
55724 741 $75,313 12 1

Cotton 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 Cotton, .