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55905 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 55905 covers Rochester, Minnesota, with a population of about 0.

Population
0
Time zone
Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
7

Where 55905 is

Rochester, Minnesota — the point the Postal Service gives for this ZIP code. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes rather than an area, so this marks its centre, not its boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Population0
Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments7
People employed659
Annual payroll$26,290,000
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 64.6% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Moderate
Expected annual loss89.8 out of 100
Community resilience99 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 wave93.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado85.2Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather84.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail81.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Drought80.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind75.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding73.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide71.2Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave58.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire56Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm53.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning53.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake2.4Very 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$46,957$43,289
Poverty rate9.2%12.4%
Median home value$305,500$303,400
Median gross rent$1,235$1,348
Homeownership72.4%65%
Bachelor's degree or higher38.8%35%
Unemployment rate3.9%5.2%
Works from home15.8%13.5%
Born outside the US8.6%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 stationROCHESTER INTL AP, MN US13.3 km away
Rain in a year35 in
Snow in a year53 in

Average high and low by month

January22.5°F / 7°F0.99 in rain, 12.2 in snow
February26.7°F / 10.7°F1.02 in rain, 10.7 in snow
March39.9°F / 23.4°F2.02 in rain, 8.6 in snow
April55.3°F / 35.1°F3.52 in rain, 3.3 in snow
May68°F / 47.1°F4.35 in rain, 0.5 in snow
June77.6°F / 57.5°F5.35 in rain
July80.3°F / 60.8°F4.19 in rain
August78°F / 58.3°F4.12 in rain
September71.8°F / 50.4°F3.6 in rain
October57.9°F / 38°F2.43 in rain, 0.9 in snow
November41.7°F / 25.6°F1.8 in rain, 4.5 in snow
December28°F / 13.6°F1.28 in rain, 12.4 in snow
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 supermarketNone of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarket100% of this ZIP code's area
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%.

Rochester 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 vulnerability8more vulnerable than 8% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status10more vulnerable than 10% of US census tracts
Household characteristics14more vulnerable than 14% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status46more vulnerable than 46% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport14more vulnerable than 14% of US census tracts
Walkability7.2 out of 20Below average
Nearby ZIP codes

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

55902 Rochester, MN2.5 km away
55901 Rochester, MN3.5 km away
55904 Rochester, MN5.7 km away
55903 Rochester, MN6.6 km away
55906 Rochester, MN10.7 km away
55920 Byron, MN13.2 km away
55960 Oronoco, MN14.1 km away
55934 Eyota, MN16.2 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.

Olmsted County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneCentral (UTC-06:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area0.06 sq mi
Latitude, longitude44.0225, -92.4668

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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