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56541 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 56541 covers Flom, Minnesota.

Median age
74.135.4 points above the US average
Time zone
Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
3

Where 56541 is

Flom, 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

Median age74.1
Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Income per person$61,845
Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Vacant homes48.9%
Median year built1955

What the homes are

Detached house61.7%
Mobile home38.3%
Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments3
People employed7
Annual payroll$585,000
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 71.5% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Moderate
Expected annual loss73.5 out of 100
Community resilience41.4 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.

Drought98.1Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather97.6Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave96.8Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail96.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind95.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire90.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide84.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm83.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado60.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding48.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning32Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave12.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake3.5Very 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$87,556$78,538
Income per person$61,845$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 age74.138.638.7
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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 stationMAHNOMEN, MN US21.4 km away
Rain in a year26 in

Average high and low by month

January15.2°F / -2.5°F0.79 in rain
February21.3°F / 1.5°F0.73 in rain
March34.4°F / 15.2°F1.08 in rain
April51.9°F / 29.9°F1.71 in rain
May66°F / 43.3°F3.15 in rain
June74.2°F / 53.5°F4.72 in rain
July78.5°F / 57.6°F3.76 in rain
August78.1°F / 55°F3.44 in rain
September69.2°F / 46.6°F2.76 in rain
October53.5°F / 34.4°F2.26 in rain
November34.1°F / 19.5°F0.96 in rain
December21.5°F / 5.6°F1.05 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 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%.

Norman County East 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 vulnerability47more vulnerable than 47% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status32more vulnerable than 32% of US census tracts
Household characteristics67more vulnerable than 67% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status14more vulnerable than 14% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport69more vulnerable than 69% of US census tracts
Walkability4.5 out of 20Least walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

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

56584 Twin Valley, MN13.5 km away
56585 Ulen, MN13.8 km away
56569 Ogema, MN17.5 km away
56589 Waubun, MN18.8 km away
56552 Hitterdal, MN21.2 km away
56521 Callaway, MN22 km away
56591 White Earth, MN22.8 km away
56545 Gary, MN24.1 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.

Norman County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneCentral (UTC-06:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area4.01 sq mi
Latitude, longitude47.1588, -96.1309

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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