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Forest Lake, MN

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Forest Lake, MN: 1 USPS ZIP, population 23,244. 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 FOREST-LAKE-MN · Forest Lake, MN 1 ZIPs · 23,244 pop · #4699/25278 · Washington County

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

  • INC-HIGH $98,382
  • RANK-TOP #4699/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Saint Paul Park
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 75% owners
  • POP-TOWN 23,244
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $405,000

Nearest income peer: Saint Paul Park, MN (+ $2,416 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 Forest Lake

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Forest Lake 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, Forest Lake, MN sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 19%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
23,244
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$98,382
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 $98,382 and home value $405,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 35.8%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (75.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Forest Lake as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Forest Lake's single ZIP 55025 carries the town

Forest Lake is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 55025 is the entire residential footprint (23,244 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Forest Lake's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 762 establishments, 9,917 employees , annual payroll $505,855k (~33 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 55025 (762 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (121) · also Retail trade · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Forest Lake, MN

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

Forest Lake sits in the lower half of Washington County on income: Saint Paul, Stillwater and Cottage Grove report more, and only Newport reports less. Lake Elmo marks the far end of that range at $154,341, 57% above Forest Lake.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
55025 23,244 $98,382 762 114
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Forest Lake 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 Forest Lake, .