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Wheaton, MN

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Wheaton, MN: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,029. 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 WHEATON-MN · Wheaton, MN 1 ZIPs · 2,029 pop · #20545/25278 · Traverse County

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

  • INC-MID $53,527
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20545/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Browns Valley
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 81% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,029
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $103,800

Nearest income peer: Browns Valley, MN (+ $15,306 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 Wheaton

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Wheaton 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, Wheaton, 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
2,029
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$53,527
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 ($53,527 average) · poverty 14.0%. The primary code (56296) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (80.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Wheaton as a pure owner town.

Within Minnesota, Magnolia is the closest lower-income city and Keewatin the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Wheaton.

Population concentration

Wheaton reads through its lone ZIP, 56296

2,029 ACS residents, one ZIP: 56296 is not the leading code inside Wheaton, 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 Wheaton's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 77 establishments, 532 employees , annual payroll $29,829k (~38 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 56296 (77 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (15) · also Finance and insurance · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Wheaton, MN

These ZIP codes sit in Traverse County, which covers 4 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Wheaton. See the Traverse County roll-up →

Every one of the 3 cities sharing Traverse County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Wheaton, Browns Valley, Dumont and Tintah among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Dumont marks the far end of that range at $79,750, 49% above Wheaton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
56296 2,029 $53,527 77 3
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Wheaton 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 Wheaton, .