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Detroit Lakes, MN

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Detroit Lakes, MN: 1 USPS ZIP, population 16,290. 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 DETROIT-LAKES-MN · Detroit Lakes, MN 1 ZIPs · 16,290 pop · #13233/25278 · Becker County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $70,037
  • RANK-MID #13233/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Callaway
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 71% owners
  • POP-TOWN 16,290
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $314,700

Nearest income peer: Callaway, MN ( $1,287 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 Detroit Lakes

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Detroit Lakes 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, Detroit Lakes, MN sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

48th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
16,290
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$70,037
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $70,037 and poverty 12.7% concentrate in 56501.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (70.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Detroit Lakes as a pure owner town.

Within Minnesota, Warba is the closest lower-income city and Austin the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Detroit Lakes.

Population concentration

Detroit Lakes reads through its lone ZIP, 56501

16,290 ACS residents, one ZIP: 56501 is not the leading code inside Detroit Lakes, 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Detroit Lakes's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 600 establishments, 8,828 employees , annual payroll $481,668k (~37 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 56501 (600 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (85) · also Retail trade · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Detroit Lakes, MN

These ZIP codes sit in Becker County, which covers 12 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Detroit Lakes. See the Becker County roll-up →

Detroit Lakes lands mid-pack among the 9 cities sharing Becker County: Frazee, Lake Park and Audubon earn more and Ogema, Osage and Ponsford earn less. White Earth marks the far end of that range at $16,793, 76% below Detroit Lakes.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
56501 16,290 $70,037 600 34
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Detroit Lakes 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 Detroit Lakes, .