Porter, MN

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Porter, MN: 1 USPS ZIP, population 480. 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 PORTER-MN · Porter, MN 1 ZIPs · 480 pop · #9899/25278 · Yellow Medicine County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $78,214
  • RANK-UPPER #9899/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Wood Lake
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 81% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 480
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $203,400

Nearest income peer: Wood Lake, MN (+ $4,036 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 Porter

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

Top 39%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
480
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$78,214
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 56280 (480 residents). Household income $78,214 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (80.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Porter as a pure owner town.

Within Minnesota, Knife River is the closest lower-income city and Lake Bronson the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Porter.

Population concentration

Porter reads through its lone ZIP, 56280

480 ACS residents, one ZIP: 56280 is not the leading code inside Porter, 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 Porter's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 13 establishments, 69 employees , annual payroll $2,624k (~27 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 56280 (13 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (5) .

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ZIP Codes in Porter, MN

These ZIP codes sit in Yellow Medicine County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Porter. See the Yellow Medicine County roll-up →

Porter lands mid-pack among the 6 cities sharing Yellow Medicine County: Wood Lake, Echo and Hanley Falls earn more and Granite Falls, Canby and Clarkfield earn less. Canby marks the far end of that range at $61,414, 21% below Porter.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
56280 480 $78,214 13 3

Porter 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 Porter, .