PlainZIP

Shelly, MN

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Shelly, MN: 1 USPS ZIP, population 287. 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 SHELLY-MN · Shelly, MN 1 ZIPs · 287 pop · #20475/25278 · Norman County

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

  • INC-MID $53,750
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20475/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Borup
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 86% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 287
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $105,900

Nearest income peer: Borup, MN (+ $10,547 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 Shelly

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Shelly 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, Shelly, MN sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

19th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
287
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$53,750
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.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($53,750 average) · poverty 16.2%. The primary code (56581) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (86.1%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Minnesota, Chisholm is the closest lower-income city and Hill City the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Shelly.

Population concentration

Shelly reads through its lone ZIP, 56581

287 ACS residents, one ZIP: 56581 is not the leading code inside Shelly, 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 Shelly

Citywide ZBP: 3 establishments, 4 employees , annual payroll $272k (~10 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 56581 (3 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Shelly, MN

These ZIP codes sit in Norman County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Shelly. See the Norman County roll-up →

Every one of the 8 cities sharing Norman County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Shelly, Ada, Twin Valley and Halstad among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Flom marks the far end of that range at $89,375, 66% above Shelly.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
56581 287 $53,750 3 3
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Shelly 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 Shelly, .