Wood Lake, MN
Census ZIP code profile for Wood Lake, MN — 1 ZIPs, total population 867. Median income, home value, education, commute, and demographics from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2023 5-Year Estimates.
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Wood Lake, MN is covered by 1 USPS ZIP code serving a combined population of 867 according to Census ACS 5-Year Estimates. U.S. cities rarely map cleanly to a single ZIP — Wood Lake splits its residents across 1 delivery areas, each with its own demographic and housing profile. The table below lists every ZIP by population, so you can see which neighborhoods carry the weight of the city total and which are smaller pockets of the same municipal boundary.
Aggregated across every ZIP in Wood Lake, the median household income averages $82,250 and per-capita income averages $40,404. Poverty rate runs at 6.0% and unemployment at 1.7%. On housing, the average median home value is $142,200 with median rent of $660 per month, and 88.5% of occupied units are owner-occupied. These are arithmetic averages across the 1 ZIP — not population-weighted — so small ZIPs influence the headline numbers the same as large ones.
Use this city view to compare ZIPs inside Wood Lake against each other rather than hunting for a single "city average." The Affordability Dashboard linked below combines these Census inputs with HUD Fair Market Rents, FBI crime data, and Department of Labor childcare costs into a graded scorecard for Wood Lake as a whole, while individual ZIP pages show fine-grained household income, housing profile, education attainment, commute time, and nearby-ZIP benchmarks. Every field on this page is sourced directly from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates — no estimates, no proprietary scoring, no editorial adjustment.
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ZIP Codes
867
Population
$82,250
Median Income
$142,200
Median Home Value
45.9
Median Age
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ZIP Codes in Wood Lake, MN
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56297 | 867 | 5 | America/Chicago |
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Official Data Resources for Wood Lake
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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