Sleepy Eye, MN

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Sleepy Eye, MN: 1 USPS ZIP, population 5,451. 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 SLEEPY-EYE-MN · Sleepy Eye, MN 1 ZIPs · 5,451 pop · #11980/25278 · Brown County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $73,000
  • RANK-MID #11980/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over New Ulm
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 83% owners
  • POP-TOWN 5,451
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $167,100

Nearest income peer: New Ulm, MN ( $2,750 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 Sleepy Eye

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

Top 47%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
5,451
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$73,000
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 56085 (5,451 residents). Household income $73,000 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Sleepy Eye as a pure owner town.

Within Minnesota, Silver Bay is the closest lower-income city and Waseca the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Sleepy Eye.

Population concentration

Sleepy Eye reads through its lone ZIP, 56085

5,451 ACS residents, one ZIP: 56085 is not the leading code inside Sleepy Eye, 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 Sleepy Eye's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 166 establishments, 1,947 employees , annual payroll $119,329k (~30 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 56085 (166 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (25) · also Retail trade · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Sleepy Eye, MN

These ZIP codes sit in Brown County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Sleepy Eye. See the Brown County roll-up →

Sleepy Eye sits in the upper half of Brown County on income: New Ulm, Springfield and Comfrey report less, while Hanska reports more. Springfield marks the far end of that range at $64,375, 12% below Sleepy Eye.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
56085 5,451 $73,000 166 10

Sleepy Eye 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 Sleepy Eye, .