56237 Zip Code (Echo, MN) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 539
Zip code population in 2010: 600
Zip code population in 2000: 634

Houses and condos: 290
Renter-occupied apartments: 34
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 56237: 84.5 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 65.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.1 sq. mi.

Population density: 8 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: $2,093 (1.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,347 (1.3%)

For population 25 years and over in 56237:

• High school or higher: 89.6%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.2%
• Graduate or professional degree: 5.1%
• Unemployed: 1.4%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 22.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 56237:

• Never married: 23.4%
• Now married: 50.3%
• Separated: 2.6%
• Widowed: 5.7%
• Divorced: 18.0%

• 
• • 48990.9%White
  • 234.3%Asian
  • 142.6%Two or more races
  • 101.9%American Indian
  • 20.4%Black

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 56237, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $55,527 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$55,527
State:	$82,178

Salary/wage: $42,213 (reported on 76.7% of returns)

Here:	$42,213
State:	$67,438

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1712.5% for AGIs below $25k, 3710.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6860.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 6555.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,745 (reported on 36.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,745
Minnesota:	$1,814

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 82.5% for AGIs below $25k, 156.7% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Ordinary dividends: $1,900 (reported on 20.0% of returns)

Here:	$1,900
State:	$6,928

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 110.0% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$3,467 (reported on 20.0% of returns)

Here:	+$3,467
State:	+$20,591

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 43.3% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Profit/loss from business: +$1,925 (reported on 13.3% of returns)

Here:	+$1,925
State:	+$14,342

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 256.7% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $9,267 (reported on 10.0% of returns)

56237:	$9,267
Minnesota:	$20,675

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 926.7% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Earned income credit: $2,000 (reported on 13.3% of returns)

Here:	$2,000
State:	$2,055

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 200.0% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 93.3%

Here:	93%
State:	94%

(% for various income ranges: 100.0% for AGIs below $25k, 88.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 100.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 66.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 100.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 56237, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $53,167 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$53,167
State:	$67,192

Salary/wage: $29,571 (reported on 80.0% of returns)

Here:	$29,571
State:	$55,182

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 69.5% for AGIs below $25k, 67.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 100.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 16.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,543 (reported on 46.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,543
Minnesota:	$1,664

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.5% for AGIs below $25k, 1.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $857 (reported on 23.3% of returns)

Here:	$857
State:	$5,665

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$20,350 (reported on 20.0% of returns)

Here:	+$20,350
State:	+$16,131

Profit/loss from business: +$7,440 (reported on 16.7% of returns)

Here:	+$7,440
State:	+$12,430

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $3,733 (reported on 10.0% of returns)

56237:	$3,733
Minnesota:	$15,212

Total itemized deductions: $19,960 (17% of AGI, reported on 16.7% of returns)

Here:	$19,960
State:	$24,665

Here:	17.1% of AGI
State:	19.6% of AGI

Charity contributions: $3,200 (reported on 13.3% of returns)

Here:	$3,200
State:	$3,948

Taxes paid: $6,900 (reported on 16.7% of returns)

56237:	$6,900
State:	$10,589

Earned income credit: $3,275 (reported on 13.3% of returns)

Here:	$3,275
State:	$2,037

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 10.1% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 83.3%

Here:	83%
State:	55%

(% for various income ranges: 72.7% for AGIs below $25k, 87.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 120.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 56237, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $30,870 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$30,870
State:	$53,560

Salary/wage: $25,290 (reported on 80.3% of returns)

Here:	$25,290
State:	$46,177

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 68.4% for AGIs below $10k, 60.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 59.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 80.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 57.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,596 (reported on 48.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,596
Minnesota:	$1,796

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.5% for AGIs below $10k, 6.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 3.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.1% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable dividends: $232 (reported on 18.7% of returns)

Here:	$232
State:	$3,096

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.0% for AGIs below $10k, 0.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.0% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$229 (reported on 16.0% of returns)

Here:	+$229
State:	+$10,864

Profit/loss from business: +$5,615 (reported on 17.3% of returns)

Here:	+$5,615
State:	+$10,442

Profit/loss from farming: +$6,618 (reported on 22.7% of returns)

Here:	+$6,618
State:	-$962

IRA payment deduction: $3,077 (reported on 4.3% of returns)

56237:	$3,077
Minnesota:	$2,955

Total itemized deductions: $17,378 (33% of AGI, reported on 12.3% of returns)

Here:	$17,378
State:	$20,035

Here:	32.7% of AGI
State:	21.3% of AGI

Charity contributions deductions: $1,552 (3% of AGI, reported on 9.7% of returns)

Here:	$1,552
State:	$3,333

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

Total tax: $3,473 (reported on 74.0% of returns)

56237:	$3,473
State:	$8,485

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.1% for AGIs below $10k, 4.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 8.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 12.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $1,694 (reported on 12.0% of returns)

Here:	$1,694
State:	$1,523

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 83.0%

Here:	83%
State:	59%

(% for various income ranges: 67.5% for AGIs below $10k, 90.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 84.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 93.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 83.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Nearest zip codes: 56297, 56214, 56292, 56287, 56285, 56263.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 5
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 230

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 7 (7 now married, 0 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 87 (35 now married, 52 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 56237 with a mortgage: 68 (5 second mortgage, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,454
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $560

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

• Zip code 56237 household income distribution in 2022

• 22Less than $10,000
• 5$10,000 to $14,999
• 2$15,000 to $19,999
• 6$20,000 to $24,999
• 3$25,000 to $29,999
• 7$30,000 to $34,999
• 26$35,000 to $39,999
• 6$40,000 to $44,999
• 11$45,000 to $49,999
• 15$50,000 to $59,999
• 20$60,000 to $74,999
• 47$75,000 to $99,999
• 26$100,000 to $124,999
• 18$125,000 to $149,999
• 9$150,000 to $199,999
• 10$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 56237

• 5$10,000 to $14,999
• 2$15,000 to $19,999
• 1$20,000 to $24,999
• 6$25,000 to $29,999
• 3$30,000 to $34,999
• 2$35,000 to $39,999
• 11$40,000 to $49,999
• 13$50,000 to $59,999
• 2$60,000 to $69,999
• 12$70,000 to $79,999
• 10$80,000 to $89,999
• 7$90,000 to $99,999
• 16$100,000 to $124,999
• 3$125,000 to $149,999
• 11$150,000 to $174,999
• 24$175,000 to $199,999
• 9$200,000 to $249,999
• 12$250,000 to $299,999
• 4$300,000 to $399,999
• 11$400,000 to $499,999
• 8$500,000 to $749,999
• 2$1,500,000 to $1,999,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 56237

• 1$100 to $149
• 2$200 to $249
• 3$300 to $349
• 4$350 to $399
• 1$500 to $549
• 5$550 to $599
• 14No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $581.

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $143,873.

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

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $74,321
• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $434,121

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $131,741 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $72,065 - $213,841

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $183,755

Here:	$183,755
State:	$374,552

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 281
• 5 to 9: 1
• 10 to 19: 6

Unemployment: 1.4%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 56237

• 85.2%213Drove a car alone
• 3.6%9Carpooled
• 2.8%7Walked
• 0.4%1Other means
• 4.4%11Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 56237

• 27Less than 5 minutes
• 295 to 9 minutes
• 1510 to 14 minutes
• 1215 to 19 minutes
• 3420 to 24 minutes
• 3425 to 29 minutes
• 3230 to 34 minutes
• 1335 to 39 minutes
• 1040 to 44 minutes
• 745 to 59 minutes
• 660 to 89 minutes
• 490 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 44.4%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 539

• Male householders: 120 (39 living alone), Female householders: 116 (23 living alone)

• 106 spouses (106 opposite-sex spouses), 15 unmarried partners, (15 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 151 children (147 natural, 5 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 1 foster children, 0 other relatives, 13 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 2 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 108 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 5 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 61 1-person, 16 2-persons

56 married couples with children.
44 single-parent households (2 men, 42 women).

99.0% of residents of 56237 zip code speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% very well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% very well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• ECHO CHARTER SCHOOL (101 ROCKET AVE in ECHO, MN)

  STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-148425580, CESQG, RCRIS-148425580,
  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-074026010
  Business SIC and NAICS classification: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
  Organizations: E.C.H.O. CHARTER SCHOOL (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  Alternative names: ECHO ELEMENTARY YELLOW MEDICINE EAST

• ECHO (342 SECOND AVENUE WEST in ECHO, MN)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM (SDWIS) - SDWIS-MN1870003 3, WATER TREATMENT PLANT
  Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
  

• ECHO SEWAGE TREATMENT PLT CITY OF (JCT HWY 67 & CO RD 1 in ECHO, MN)

  (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Organizations: ECHO SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT CITY OF (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• FARMERS COOP - ECHO (PO BOX 108 in ECHO, MN)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  Business SIC classification: GRAIN AND FIELD BEANS
  Alternative names: FARMERS WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATION

• ECHO (SEC 9 T113N R38W in ECHO, MN)

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

• FARMERS CO-OP OIL CO. (461 2ND AVE. in ECHO, MN)

  ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System)
  

Population in 1990: 797.

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

• This state: 440
• Northeast: 1
• Midwest: 44
• South: 12
• West: 11

69% of the 56237 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Minnesota.

97% of the 56237 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 18% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% moved from different state.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3 Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2

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

• Health Care and Social Assistance: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (250-499 employees: 1 establishment)
• Educational Services: Elementary and Secondary Schools (20-49: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Funeral Homes and Funeral Services (1-4: 2)
• Construction: Framing Contractors (1-4: 1)
• Finance and Insurance: Commercial Banking (1-4: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Caterers (1-4: 1)
• Construction: Painting and Wall Covering Contractors (1-4: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 56237 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
Anna	8	84.4 years
Harold	7	71.6 years
Clarence	6	75.2 years
George	5	84.0 years
Robert	5	72.6 years
Clara	5	87.4 years
Emma	4	86.8 years
James	4	74.2 years
Paul	4	81.8 years
Albert	4	87.8 years

Most common last names in zip code 56237 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Iverson	12	75.8 years
Pederson	8	60.5 years
Lecy	7	89.0 years
Stelter	7	84.7 years
Luepke	6	71.5 years
Hanson	6	83.8 years
Busack	6	84.9 years
Johnson	5	79.8 years
Kvistad	5	76.4 years
Voss	5	75.2 years