55961 Zip Code (Ostrander, MN) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 534
Zip code population in 2010: 447
Zip code population in 2000: 453

Houses and condos: 217
Renter-occupied apartments: 40
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 55961: 85.7 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 33.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 16 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,582 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,736 (1.0%)

For population 25 years and over in 55961:

• High school or higher: 92.4%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.8%
• Graduate or professional degree: 5.3%
• Unemployed: 0.7%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 30.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 55961:

• Never married: 23.9%
• Now married: 56.0%
• Separated: 0.2%
• Widowed: 8.2%
• Divorced: 11.7%

• 
• • 51095.7%White
  • 81.5%Two or more races
  • 71.3%Black
  • 50.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 30.6%American Indian

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 55961, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $56,453 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$56,453
State:	$82,178

Salary/wage: $45,112 (reported on 84.2% of returns)

Here:	$45,112
State:	$67,438

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1232.5% for AGIs below $25k, 3637.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 5646.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 5763.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,225 (reported on 21.1% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,225
Minnesota:	$1,814

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 30.0% for AGIs below $25k, 123.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$2,900 (reported on 10.5% of returns)

Here:	+$2,900
State:	+$20,591

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 145.0% for AGIs below $25k)

Earned income credit: $2,200 (reported on 10.5% of returns)

Here:	$2,200
State:	$2,055

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 110.0% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 94.7%

Here:	95%
State:	94%

(% for various income ranges: 100.0% for AGIs below $25k, 83.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 100.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 100.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 55961, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $58,240 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$58,240
State:	$67,192

Salary/wage: $35,838 (reported on 80.0% of returns)

Here:	$35,838
State:	$55,182

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 76.4% for AGIs below $25k, 74.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 77.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 32.8% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $2,750 (reported on 30.0% of returns)

This zip code:	$2,750
Minnesota:	$1,664

Ordinary dividends: $2,550 (reported on 10.0% of returns)

Here:	$2,550
State:	$5,665

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$17,500 (reported on 10.0% of returns)

Here:	+$17,500
State:	+$16,131

Total itemized deductions: $14,833 (14% of AGI, reported on 30.0% of returns)

Here:	$14,833
State:	$24,665

Here:	14.2% of AGI
State:	19.6% of AGI

Charity contributions: $1,375 (reported on 20.0% of returns)

Here:	$1,375
State:	$3,948

Taxes paid: $6,517 (reported on 30.0% of returns)

55961:	$6,517
State:	$10,589

Earned income credit: $1,767 (reported on 15.0% of returns)

Here:	$1,767
State:	$2,037

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.9% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 70.0%

Here:	70%
State:	55%

(% for various income ranges: 62.5% for AGIs below $25k, 66.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 100.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 75.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 55961, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $33,832 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$33,832
State:	$53,560

Salary/wage: $31,474 (reported on 79.2% of returns)

Here:	$31,474
State:	$46,177

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 70.9% for AGIs below $10k, 68.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 77.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 92.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 46.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,026 (reported on 39.1% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,026
Minnesota:	$1,796

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.8% for AGIs below $10k, 0.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.7% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable dividends: $233 (reported on 15.2% of returns)

Here:	$233
State:	$3,096

Net capital gain/loss: +$1,048 (reported on 10.7% of returns)

Here:	+$1,048
State:	+$10,864

Profit/loss from business: +$231 (reported on 13.2% of returns)

Here:	+$231
State:	+$10,442

Profit/loss from farming: +$2,500 (reported on 9.1% of returns)

Here:	+$2,500
State:	-$962

Total itemized deductions: $13,447 (25% of AGI, reported on 23.9% of returns)

Here:	$13,447
State:	$20,035

Here:	25.3% of AGI
State:	21.3% of AGI

Charity contributions deductions: $1,469 (3% of AGI, reported on 16.2% of returns)

Here:	$1,469
State:	$3,333

Here:	2.6% of AGI
State:	3.4% of AGI

Total tax: $3,903 (reported on 73.6% of returns)

55961:	$3,903
State:	$8,485

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.6% for AGIs below $10k, 5.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 5.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 14.7% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $955 (reported on 11.2% of returns)

Here:	$955
State:	$1,523

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 78.2%

Here:	78%
State:	59%

(% for various income ranges: 79.6% for AGIs below $10k, 72.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 86.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 65.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 78.6% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Nearest zip codes: 55951, 55975, 55936, 52134, 55977, 55967.
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No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 14
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 193

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 5 (5 now married, 0 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 103 (50 now married, 53 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 55961 with a mortgage: 110 (10 second mortgage, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3

Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,272
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $541

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 55961 household income distribution in 2022

• 2Less than $10,000
• 18$10,000 to $14,999
• 4$20,000 to $24,999
• 6$25,000 to $29,999
• 10$30,000 to $34,999
• 9$35,000 to $39,999
• 5$40,000 to $44,999
• 7$45,000 to $49,999
• 14$50,000 to $59,999
• 22$60,000 to $74,999
• 27$75,000 to $99,999
• 48$100,000 to $124,999
• 15$125,000 to $149,999
• 12$150,000 to $199,999
• 4$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 55961

• 1Less than $10,000
• 2$25,000 to $29,999
• 4$60,000 to $69,999
• 22$70,000 to $79,999
• 2$80,000 to $89,999
• 3$90,000 to $99,999
• 22$100,000 to $124,999
• 7$125,000 to $149,999
• 46$150,000 to $174,999
• 3$175,000 to $199,999
• 7$200,000 to $249,999
• 12$250,000 to $299,999
• 6$300,000 to $399,999
• 5$400,000 to $499,999
• 3$500,000 to $749,999
• 1$750,000 to $999,999
• 2$1,500,000 to $1,999,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 55961

• 8$150 to $199
• 4$200 to $249
• 1$250 to $299
• 9$350 to $399
• 3$450 to $499
• 1$500 to $549
• 5$2,000 to $2,499
• 5No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $883.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $150,414

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $170,683 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $114,347 - $204,993

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $303,766

Here:	$303,766
State:	$374,552

Townhouses or other attached units: $155,952

Here:	$155,952
State:	$312,049

In 2-unit structures: $199,986

Here:	$199,986
State:	$323,045

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $380,888

Here:	$380,888
State:	$238,971

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $316,193

Here:	$316,193
State:	$258,516

Mobile homes: $214,192

Here:	$214,192
State:	$94,605

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 187
• One, attached: 4
• 3 or 4: 1
• 5 to 9: 12
• 50 or more: 6
• Mobile homes: 3

Unemployment: 0.7%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 55961

• 72.8%205Drove a car alone
• 13.1%37Carpooled
• 1.1%3Bus or trolley bus
• 1.4%4Walked
• 0.4%1Other means
• 7.8%22Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 55961

• 19Less than 5 minutes
• 25 to 9 minutes
• 2810 to 14 minutes
• 3915 to 19 minutes
• 1420 to 24 minutes
• 1325 to 29 minutes
• 2930 to 34 minutes
• 1035 to 39 minutes
• 2440 to 44 minutes
• 5245 to 59 minutes
• 1260 to 89 minutes
• 590 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 34.9%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 534

• Male householders: 116 (27 living alone), Female householders: 93 (29 living alone)

• 109 spouses (109 opposite-sex spouses), 24 unmarried partners, (22 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 152 children (140 natural, 3 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 foster children, 0 other relatives, 8 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 20 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 49 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 1 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 56 1-person, 13 2-persons, 7 3-persons

124 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (14 men, 4 women).

All residents speak English at home

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• OSTRANDER (421 MAIN ST in OSTRANDER, MN)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM (SDWIS) - SDWIS-MN1230008 4, WATER TREATMENT PLANT
  Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
  Alternative names: CITY OF OSTRANDER

• OSTRANDER WWTP (HIGHWAY 7 in OSTRANDER, MN)

  STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - PCS-MN0024449, NPDES NON-MAJOR
  CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
  Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
  Business NAICS classification: SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES.
  Organizations: OSTRANDER CITY OF (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• OSTRANDER FARMERS COOPERATIVE (HIGHWAY 1 SOUTH in OSTRANDER, MN)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System)
  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  Business SIC classification: GRAIN AND FIELD BEANS
  Alternative names: OSSTRANDER FAMRERS COOP, OSTRANDER FAMERS COOP, OSTRANDER FARM COOP

• HELLICKSON (MAIN N in OSTRANDER, MN)

  (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Organizations: HELLICKSON DUWAINE (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• OSTRANDER (BOX 1 in OSTRANDER, MN)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.4%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1.3%

Population in 1990: 654.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 402
• Midwest: 104
• South: 4
• West: 19

63% of the 55961 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Minnesota.

93% of the 55961 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 22% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% moved from different state.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2 Students in private undergraduate colleges:

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Health Care and Social Assistance: Nursing Care Facilities (50-99 employees: 1 establishment)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (10-19: 1)
• Wholesale Trade: Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers (10-19: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (5-9: 1, 1-4: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (5-9: 1)
• Construction: New Single-Family Housing Construction (except Operative Builders) (5-9: 1)
• Construction: Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors (1-4: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 55961 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
Clara	5	77.4 years
Harry	4	89.0 years
Frank	4	72.0 years
Harold	3	75.7 years
Albert	3	89.0 years
John	3	76.0 years
Helen	3	80.6 years
Henry	3	77.0 years
William	3	81.7 years
Ida	3	89.3 years

Most common last names in zip code 55961 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Hadland	7	80.2 years
Olson	7	75.4 years
Thorson	7	77.3 years
Christenson	6	84.3 years
Johnson	5	82.0 years
Nelson	5	88.4 years
Jacobson	4	90.0 years
Hanson	4	87.3 years
Kohn	4	80.5 years
Smith	4	91.5 years