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Wood Lake, MN

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Wood Lake, MN: 1 USPS ZIP, population 867. 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 WOOD-LAKE-MN · Wood Lake, MN 1 ZIPs · 867 pop · #8550/25278 · Yellow Medicine County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-HIGH $82,250
  • RANK-UPPER #8550/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hanley Falls
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 89% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 867
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $142,200

Nearest income peer: Hanley Falls, MN (+ $2,333 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 Wood Lake

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Wood Lake on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Wood Lake, MN sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 34%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
867
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$82,250
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 56297 (867 residents). Household income $82,250 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (88.5%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Minnesota, Barnum is the closest lower-income city and Zumbro Falls the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Wood Lake.

Population concentration

Wood Lake's single ZIP 56297 carries the town

Wood Lake is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 56297 is the entire residential footprint (867 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Wood Lake's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 16 establishments, 96 employees , annual payroll $4,100k (~18 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 56297 (16 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (4) · also Transportation and warehousing · Finance and insurance .

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ZIP Codes in Wood Lake, MN

These ZIP codes sit in Yellow Medicine County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Wood Lake. See the Yellow Medicine County roll-up →

Wood Lake sits in the upper half of Yellow Medicine County on income: Granite Falls, Canby and Clarkfield report less, while Echo and Hanley Falls report more. Canby marks the far end of that range at $61,414, 25% below Wood Lake.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
56297 867 $82,250 16 5
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Wood 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 Wood Lake, .