ZIP 55917 · Blooming Prairie
Who lives in ZIP code 55917 (Blooming Prairie, MN): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Blooming Prairie, MN · Steele County
uszips 2026
People3,410
Median age44.3
Household income$75,208
Home value$207,018
Median rent$907/mo
Poverty5.8%
College degree+27.1%
Commute24 min
Place
- Metro area
- Owatonna, MN (micro)
- Wider region
- Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 10 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 1,384
Spans 4 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
25.2% are 65 or older; 76.2% are adults.
Household income
38.2% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $40,977.
Education (adults 25+)
38.0% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
9.5% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 55.7%
- Never married
- 25.7%
- Divorced
- 10.5%
- Widowed
- 8.1%
- Family size
- 3.14
- Dual-income families
- 60.5%
Housing
- Own their home
- 89.2%
- Rent burden
- 34.5%
- Men / women
- 52% / 48%
Work
- In labor force
- 66.1%
- Unemployment
- 1.6%
- Self-employed
- 16.2%
- Farmers
- 10.8%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 23.4%
- Veterans
- 9.3%
- With a disability
- 12.8%
- No health insurance
- 3.6%
- Limited English
- 1.6%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.