ZIP 56297 · Wood Lake
Who lives in ZIP code 56297 (Wood Lake, MN): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Wood Lake, MN · Yellow Medicine County
uszips 2026
People811
Median age45.9
Household income$82,250
Home value$150,180
Median rent$660/mo
Poverty6.0%
College degree+16.1%
Commute23 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 5 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 339
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
19.6% are 65 or older; 80.4% are adults.
Household income
36.9% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $43,380.
Education (adults 25+)
40.0% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
1.5% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 69.2%
- Never married
- 22.5%
- Divorced
- 5.0%
- Widowed
- 3.2%
- Family size
- 2.85
- Dual-income families
- 61.1%
Housing
- Own their home
- 88.5%
- Rent burden
- —
- Men / women
- 50% / 50%
Work
- In labor force
- 69.2%
- Unemployment
- 1.7%
- Self-employed
- 20.0%
- Farmers
- 17.5%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 15.0%
- Veterans
- 9.4%
- With a disability
- 9.0%
- No health insurance
- 7.0%
- Limited English
- 0.3%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.