Ghent, MN
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Ghent, MN: 1 USPS ZIP, population 596. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet GHENT-MN · Ghent, MN 1 ZIPs · 596 pop · #4488/25278 · Lyon County
INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-HIGH $99,821
- RANK-TOP #4488/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Cottonwood
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-HIGH 87% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 596
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $186,400
Nearest income peer: Cottonwood, MN (+ $4,554 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 Ghent
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Ghent on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Taunton · lowest
Taunton · lowest
$63,438 median HH income
- Minneota · near
Minneota · near
$81,071 median HH income
- Russell · near
Russell · near
$82,083 median HH income
- Lynd · near
Lynd · near
$91,250 median HH income
- Ghent · this city
Ghent · this city
$99,821 median HH income
- Cottonwood · highest
Cottonwood · highest
$104,375 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Ghent, MN sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- Top 18%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 596
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $99,821
- 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 $99,821 and home value $186,400 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 33.8%.
Owner-occupancy here runs high (86.8%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.
Within Minnesota, Dodge Center is the closest lower-income city and Dexter the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Ghent.
Population concentration
Ghent reads through its lone ZIP, 56239
596 ACS residents, one ZIP: 56239 is not the leading code inside Ghent, 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
Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Ghent
Citywide ZBP: 7 establishments, 48 employees , annual payroll $1,892k (~12 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 56239 (7 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (3) .
ZIP Codes in Ghent, MN
These ZIP codes sit in Lyon County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Ghent. See the Lyon County roll-up →
Ghent sits in the upper half of Lyon County on income: Marshall, Minneota and Balaton report less, while Cottonwood reports more. Balaton marks the far end of that range at $64,000, 36% below Ghent.
| ZIP Code | Population | Median income | Establishments | Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56239 | 596 | $99,821 | 7 | 9 |
Ghent 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 Ghent, .