Lester Prairie, MN

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lester Prairie, MN: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,741. 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 LESTER-PRAIRIE-MN · Lester Prairie, MN 1 ZIPs · 2,741 pop · #4795/25278 · McLeod County

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

  • INC-HIGH $97,941
  • RANK-TOP #4795/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Brownton
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 88% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,741
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $268,900

Nearest income peer: Brownton, MN (+ $2,627 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 Lester Prairie

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Lester Prairie on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Lester Prairie, MN sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 19%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,741
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$97,941
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 $97,941 and home value $268,900 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 17.2%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (88.4%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Minnesota, Hayward is the closest lower-income city and Rockville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Lester Prairie.

Population concentration

Lester Prairie's single ZIP 55354 carries the town

Lester Prairie is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 55354 is the entire residential footprint (2,741 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Lester Prairie's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 55 establishments, 523 employees , annual payroll $34,058k (~20 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 55354 (55 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (9) · also Construction · Manufacturing .

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ZIP Codes in Lester Prairie, MN

These ZIP codes sit in McLeod County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Lester Prairie. See the McLeod County roll-up →

Lester Prairie sits in the upper half of McLeod County on income: Hutchinson, Glencoe and Winsted report less, while Brownton and Plato report more. Winsted marks the far end of that range at $72,800, 26% below Lester Prairie.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
55354 2,741 $97,941 55 33

Lester Prairie 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 Lester Prairie, .