ZIP 56278 · Ortonville
Who lives in ZIP code 56278 (Ortonville, MN): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Ortonville, MN · Big Stone County
uszips 2026
People2,698
Median age48.8
Household income$63,203
Home value$201,804
Median rent$748/mo
Poverty10.0%
College degree+27.8%
Commute14 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 8 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 1,149
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
30.6% are 65 or older; 80.0% are adults.
Household income
31.1% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $33,702.
Education (adults 25+)
41.3% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
2.1% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 59.2%
- Never married
- 21.9%
- Divorced
- 10.3%
- Widowed
- 8.6%
- Family size
- 2.87
- Dual-income families
- 47.8%
Housing
- Own their home
- 81.7%
- Rent burden
- 28.1%
- Men / women
- 50% / 50%
Work
- In labor force
- 53.4%
- Unemployment
- 2.0%
- Self-employed
- 14.5%
- Farmers
- 9.7%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 16.9%
- Veterans
- 6.3%
- With a disability
- 15.7%
- No health insurance
- 3.4%
- Limited English
- 1.3%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.