Postal Codes

56030 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 56030 covers Essig, Minnesota, with a median household income of $58,750.

Median household income
$58,75033% below the Minnesota median
Time zone
Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time

Where 56030 is

Essig, 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.

Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median household income$58,750
Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median year built1938
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 95.1% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively High
Expected annual loss96 out of 100
Community resilience98.8 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 wave99.7Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather99.3Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind99.2Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Drought97.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado95.8Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail94.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide93.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding92.2Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm89.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire77.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave69.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning33.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake14.5Very 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$58,750$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 stationNEW ULM 2 SE, MN US9.6 km away
Rain in a year31 in
Snow in a year38 in

Average high and low by month

January23.5°F / 7°F0.67 in rain, 7.8 in snow
February28.6°F / 11.3°F0.93 in rain, 6.9 in snow
March41.4°F / 23.8°F1.57 in rain, 6 in snow
April57.1°F / 36°F2.94 in rain, 1.5 in snow
May69.3°F / 48.5°F4.07 in rain, 0.1 in snow
June78.8°F / 58.8°F5.04 in rain
July82.2°F / 62.5°F4.07 in rain
August79.8°F / 59.6°F3.66 in rain
September73.4°F / 52°F3.31 in rain
October59.6°F / 39.1°F2.4 in rain, 0.5 in snow
November42.7°F / 25.6°F1.51 in rain, 6.5 in snow
December28.5°F / 13.3°F0.9 in rain, 9 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 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%.

New Ulm 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 vulnerability54more vulnerable than 54% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status25more vulnerable than 25% of US census tracts
Household characteristics76more vulnerable than 76% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status4more vulnerable than 4% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport88more vulnerable than 88% of US census tracts
Walkability4.7 out of 20Least walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

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

56085 Sleepy Eye, MN10.9 km away
56073 New Ulm, MN11.5 km away
56054 Lafayette, MN16.2 km away
56084 Searles, MN17.4 km away
56021 Courtland, MN21.1 km away
56041 Hanska, MN21.2 km away
55332 Fairfax, MN24.9 km away
56266 Morgan, MN26.2 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.

Brown County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneCentral (UTC-06:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area0.02 sq mi
Latitude, longitude44.3258, -94.6052

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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