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Side Lake, MN

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Side Lake, MN: 1 USPS ZIP, population 734. 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 SIDE-LAKE-MN · Side Lake, MN 1 ZIPs · 734 pop · #4234/25278 · St. Louis County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $101,406
  • RANK-TOP #4234/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Saginaw
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 95% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 734
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $392,900

Nearest income peer: Saginaw, MN ( $7,614 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 Side Lake

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

Top 17%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
734
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$101,406
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 $101,406 and home value $392,900 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 37.0%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (95.2%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Minnesota, Henderson is the closest lower-income city and Center City the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Side Lake.

Population concentration

Side Lake's single ZIP 55781 carries the town

Side Lake is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 55781 is the entire residential footprint (734 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Side Lake

Citywide ZBP: 7 establishments, 37 employees , annual payroll $865k (~10 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 55781 (7 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (4) .

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ZIP Codes in Side Lake, MN

These ZIP codes sit in St. Louis County, which covers 46 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Side Lake. See the St. Louis County roll-up →

No other city sharing St. Louis County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Side Lake. Duluth, Hibbing and Virginia sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Virginia marks the far end of that range at $53,750, 47% below Side Lake.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
55781 734 $101,406 7 4
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Side 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 Side Lake, .