Ranier, MN · standard
ZIP Code 56668
Koochiching County, Minnesota - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 136
- 334/sq mi
- $116,250
- Median income
- $183,900
- Median home value
- 45.0%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Ranier pairs an upper-quartile household income with below-median home values, in a low-density, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 11%
- household income, US ZIPs
- 39th pct
- home value, US ZIPs
- 334
- people per sq mi
- 88%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 56668 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 56668 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Ranier, Koochiching County, Minnesota, home to just 136 residents across 0.4 square miles, a density of 334 people per square mile, in the Winnipeg time zone.
ZIP 56668 skews affluent, with a median household income of $116,250 (42% above the average Minnesota ZIP), while per-capita income is $51,624. The poverty rate is 1.0%, with unemployment at 4.8%; those measures add context to the income figure. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $183,900 (28% below the average Minnesota ZIP); owner occupancy is 88.3%.
A solid share of residents have a four-year degree: 45.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 50.4, and the average commute is -. No nearby ZIP peer set is available for this delivery area, so the Minnesota and national benchmarks above are the appropriate context for 56668.
Every figure on this page is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (including median rent) and the FHFA House Price Index, no estimates, no proprietary scoring. Verify with Census →
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates + ZIP Code Business Patterns + FHFA HPI ACS demographics and median rent, ZBP business establishments, FHFA HPI for ZIP 56668, Ranier, MN · 2023 Census ACS 5-Year Estimates use a rolling 60-month sample for stable small-geography estimates; ZBP updated annually; FHFA HPI updated quarterly/annually.
Quick Facts
136
Population
0.4
Area (sq mi)
334
People / sq mi
Winnipeg
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 56668?
50.4
Median Age
50.2%
Male
49.8%
Female
0.9%
Foreign-Born
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity category from the Census Bureau and may overlap with other categories above.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
How much do residents earn?
$116,250
Median Household Income
+42% vs state ZIP avg
$51,624
Per Capita Income
1.0%
Poverty Rate
4.8%
Unemployment Rate
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What is the education profile here?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What does housing look like?
Housing stock: occupied vs vacant
106housing units
106
Total Housing Units
94
Occupied Units
12
Vacant Units
2.10
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$183,900
Median Home Value
-28% vs state ZIP avg
1960
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 9 business establishments in ZIP 56668, employing approximately 118 people with a combined annual payroll of $3,082,000.
9
Businesses
118
Employees
$3.1M
Annual Payroll
0
Industry Sectors
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP), 2023. Employment figures may include noise for disclosure avoidance.
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 56668, both outside MN so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment (Nearby and same-county blocks stay local).
Similar median household income
Nearest cross-state ZIPs by ACS median household income.