PlainZIP

Fertile, MN

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Fertile, MN: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,962. 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 FERTILE-MN · Fertile, MN 1 ZIPs · 1,962 pop · #8126/25278 · Polk County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-HIGH $83,646
  • RANK-UPPER #8126/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ East Grand Forks
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 83% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,962
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $194,800

Nearest income peer: East Grand Forks, MN ( $1,121 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 Fertile

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

Top 32%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,962
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$83,646
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 56540 (1,962 residents). Household income $83,646 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (83.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Fertile as a pure owner town.

Within Minnesota, West Concord is the closest lower-income city and Barry the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Fertile.

Population concentration

Fertile reads through its lone ZIP, 56540

1,962 ACS residents, one ZIP: 56540 is not the leading code inside Fertile, 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 Fertile's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 55 establishments, 293 employees , annual payroll $10,627k (~28 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 56540 (55 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (14) · also Construction · Transportation and warehousing .

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ZIP Codes in Fertile, MN

These ZIP codes sit in Polk County, which covers 15 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Fertile. See the Polk County roll-up →

Fertile sits in the upper half of Polk County on income: Crookston, Fosston and Erskine report less, while Fisher, Mentor and Euclid report more. Gully marks the far end of that range at $48,750, 42% below Fertile.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
56540 1,962 $83,646 55 4
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Fertile 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 Fertile, .