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55772 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 55772 covers Nett Lake, Minnesota.

Poverty rate
14.5%2.1 points above the US average
Median rent
$83832% below the Minnesota median
Degree or higher
9.8%25.2 points below the US average
Homeownership
29.4%35.6 points below the US average
Time zone
Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time

Where 55772 is

Nett Lake, Minnesota — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Family households94.1%
Born outside the US12%
Speaks a language other than English at home14.6%
White (non-Hispanic)6%
Black (non-Hispanic)0%
Asian (non-Hispanic)0%
Hispanic or Latino0%
Veterans3.6%
Population by age
MaleFemale0-45-910-1415-1920-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465-7475-8485+
Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Income per person$16,806
Poverty rate14.5%
Households on SNAP or cash assistance29.4%

Household income distribution

Under $10k0.0%
$10–15k0.0%
$15–20k2.9%
$20–25k2.9%
$25–30k0.0%
$30–35k44.1%
$35–40k5.9%
$40–45k2.9%
$45–50k2.9%
$50–60k0.0%
$60–75k5.9%
$75–100k26.5%
$100–125k2.9%
$125–150k2.9%
$150–200k0.0%
$200k or more0.0%
Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median gross rent$838
Rent as a share of household income31.2%
Owner-occupied29.4%
Vacant homes20.9%
Median year built2000

What the homes are

Detached house90.7%
Mobile home9.3%
Work, commuting and education

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Bachelor's degree or higher9.8%
High school diploma or higher64.7%
Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall riskHigher than 67.8% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Moderate
Expected annual loss62 out of 100
Community resilience78 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Cold wave96.5Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide94.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather87.2Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire84.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding83.1Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Drought78.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail78.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning66.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave56.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind43Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado13.1Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm3.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake1Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Compared with Minnesota and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

This ZIPMinnesotaUnited States
Median household income$87,556$78,538
Income per person$16,806$46,957$43,289
Poverty rate14.5%9.2%12.4%
Median home value$305,500$303,400
Median gross rent$838$1,235$1,348
Homeownership29.4%72.4%65%
Bachelor's degree or higher9.8%38.8%35%
Unemployment rate3.9%5.2%
Works from home15.8%13.5%
Born outside the US12%8.6%13.9%
Median age38.638.7
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Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather stationORR 3E, MN US25.4 km away
Rain in a year26 in

Average high and low by month

January14.9°F / -7.9°F0.9 in rain
February20.9°F / -6.1°F0.65 in rain
March33.8°F / 8.3°F0.88 in rain
April48°F / 23.1°F1.72 in rain
May61.2°F / 35.1°F2.73 in rain
June70.9°F / 45.7°F4.16 in rain
July75.3°F / 50.7°F4.13 in rain
August74°F / 48°F3.06 in rain
September64.3°F / 41.4°F2.97 in rain
October49.5°F / 30.7°F2.33 in rain
November33.4°F / 17.4°F1.5 in rain
December20.7°F / 2.2°F1 in rain
Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarket7% of this ZIP code's area
Far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

Nett Lake Public School District100% of this ZIP code's land area
Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability35more vulnerable than 35% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status34more vulnerable than 34% of US census tracts
Household characteristics34more vulnerable than 34% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status12more vulnerable than 12% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport56more vulnerable than 56% of US census tracts
Walkability4.9 out of 20Least walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

55771 Orr, MN18 km away
55723 Cook, MN40.6 km away
56653 Littlefork, MN44.9 km away
56639 Effie, MN46.6 km away
56627 Big Falls, MN47.4 km away
55781 Side Lake, MN49.5 km away
55703 Angora, MN51.8 km away
56669 Kabetogama, MN53.3 km away
Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Koochiching County93.2% of this ZIP code's land area
St. Louis County6.8% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneCentral (UTC-06:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area0.21 sq mi
Latitude, longitude48.1110, -93.0941

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.

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