ZIP 56531 · Elbow Lake
Who lives in ZIP code 56531 (Elbow Lake, MN): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Elbow Lake, MN · Grant County
uszips 2026
People2,063
Median age41.7
Household income$74,583
Home value$157,532
Median rent$773/mo
Poverty14.3%
College degree+22.0%
Commute23 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 5 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 797
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
20.8% are 65 or older; 75.5% are adults.
Household income
35.8% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $33,417.
Education (adults 25+)
44.1% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
1.8% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 54.1%
- Never married
- 28.2%
- Divorced
- 12.3%
- Widowed
- 5.4%
- Family size
- 3.10
- Dual-income families
- 49.8%
Housing
- Own their home
- 75.2%
- Rent burden
- 26.5%
- Men / women
- 49% / 51%
Work
- In labor force
- 61.3%
- Unemployment
- 3.5%
- Self-employed
- 20.4%
- Farmers
- 10.8%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 20.4%
- Veterans
- 6.0%
- With a disability
- 14.8%
- No health insurance
- 4.5%
- Limited English
- 0.1%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.