56553 Zip Code (Kent, MN) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 197
Zip code population in 2010: 293
Zip code population in 2000: 331

Houses and condos: 119
Renter-occupied apartments: 4
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 56553: 85.7 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 62.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 3 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: $1,791 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $937 (0.9%)

For population 25 years and over in 56553:

• High school or higher: 93.6%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.2%
• Graduate or professional degree: 2.9%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 27.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 56553:

• Never married: 2.2%
• Now married: 67.7%
• Separated: 1.1%
• Widowed: 4.4%
• Divorced: 24.7%

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 56553, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $60,442 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$60,442
State:	$82,178

Salary/wage: $44,533 (reported on 75.0% of returns)

Here:	$44,533
State:	$67,438

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1702.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 15070.0% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $200 (reported on 33.3% of returns)

This zip code:	$200
Minnesota:	$1,814

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 40.0% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Ordinary dividends: $900 (reported on 16.7% of returns)

Here:	$900
State:	$6,928

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 45.0% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$150 (reported on 16.7% of returns)

Here:	+$150
State:	+$20,591

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.5% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 100.0%

Here:	100%
State:	94%

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

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 56553, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $75,400 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$75,400
State:	$67,192

Salary/wage: $35,007 (reported on 100.0% of returns)

Here:	$35,007
State:	$55,182

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 72.1% for AGIs below $25k, 73.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 76.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 27.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $340 (reported on 35.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$340
Minnesota:	$1,664

Ordinary dividends: $800 (reported on 28.6% of returns)

Here:	$800
State:	$5,665

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$9,850 (reported on 14.3% of returns)

Here:	+$9,850
State:	+$16,131

Total itemized deductions: $18,100 (13% of AGI, reported on 28.6% of returns)

Here:	$18,100
State:	$24,665

Here:	13.1% of AGI
State:	19.6% of AGI

Charity contributions: $2,267 (reported on 21.4% of returns)

Here:	$2,267
State:	$3,948

Taxes paid: $11,075 (reported on 28.6% of returns)

56553:	$11,075
State:	$10,589

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 85.7%

Here:	86%
State:	55%

(% for various income ranges: 50.0% for AGIs below $25k, 100.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 100.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 56553, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $40,410 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$40,410
State:	$53,560

Salary/wage: $31,974 (reported on 82.7% of returns)

Here:	$31,974
State:	$46,177

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 86.9% for AGIs below $10k, 66.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 80.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 53.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 61.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,115 (reported on 37.4% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,115
Minnesota:	$1,796

Taxable dividends: $973 (reported on 26.6% of returns)

Here:	$973
State:	$3,096

Profit/loss from farming: +$5,824 (reported on 12.2% of returns)

Here:	+$5,824
State:	-$962

Total itemized deductions: $11,130 (15% of AGI, reported on 16.5% of returns)

Here:	$11,130
State:	$20,035

Here:	14.7% of AGI
State:	21.3% of AGI

Charity contributions deductions: $1,400 (2% of AGI, reported on 10.8% of returns)

Here:	$1,400
State:	$3,333

Here:	1.7% of AGI
State:	3.4% of AGI

Total tax: $5,850 (reported on 77.0% of returns)

56553:	$5,850
State:	$8,485

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.6% for AGIs below $10k, 3.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 5.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 11.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 18.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $1,533 (reported on 10.8% of returns)

Here:	$1,533
State:	$1,523

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 76.3%

Here:	76%
State:	59%

(% for various income ranges: 66.7% for AGIs below $10k, 75.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 74.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 88.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 78.6% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Nearest zip codes: 58001, 56594, 58076, 56520, 58075, 58015.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 1
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 110

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 3 (3 now married, 0 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 17 (17 now married, 0 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 56553 with a mortgage: 30 (1 second mortgage, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,390
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $484

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

• Zip code 56553 household income distribution in 2022

• 1Less than $10,000
• 2$10,000 to $14,999
• 2$15,000 to $19,999
• 1$20,000 to $24,999
• 1$25,000 to $29,999
• 2$30,000 to $34,999
• 2$35,000 to $39,999
• 4$40,000 to $44,999
• 2$50,000 to $59,999
• 48$60,000 to $74,999
• 10$75,000 to $99,999
• 12$100,000 to $124,999
• 12$125,000 to $149,999
• 8$150,000 to $199,999
• 2$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 56553

• 1$15,000 to $19,999
• 1$20,000 to $24,999
• 2$35,000 to $39,999
• 1$50,000 to $59,999
• 2$70,000 to $79,999
• 2$80,000 to $89,999
• 26$90,000 to $99,999
• 1$150,000 to $174,999
• 3$175,000 to $199,999
• 7$200,000 to $249,999
• 12$250,000 to $299,999
• 17$300,000 to $399,999
• 6$400,000 to $499,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 56553

• 1$1,000 to $1,249
• 2No cash rent

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

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $81,106
• Hispanic or Latino householders: $227,595

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $202,288

Here:	$202,288
State:	$374,552

Mobile homes: $67,749

Here:	$67,749
State:	$94,605

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 113
• Mobile homes: 5

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 56553

• 71.5%62Drove a car alone
• 3.5%3Carpooled
• 25.4%22Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 56553

• 105 to 9 minutes
• 510 to 14 minutes
• 815 to 19 minutes
• 1320 to 24 minutes
• 835 to 39 minutes
• 140 to 44 minutes
• 1045 to 59 minutes
• 290 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 53.5%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 197

• Male householders: 76 (52 living alone), Female householders: 35 (6 living alone)

• 70 spouses (70 opposite-sex spouses), 1 unmarried partners, (1 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 19 children (19 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 foster children, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives

Size of family households: 36 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 4 5-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 58 1-person, 2 2-persons

17 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households ().

101.6% of residents of 56553 zip code speak English at home.

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• MINN-KOTA AG PRODUCTS - KENT (MAIN ST in KENT, MN)

  STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - AIRS-2716700015, AIR PROGRAM, AFS-2716700015, AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR
  CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
  Business SIC classification: GRAIN AND FIELD BEANS
  Business NAICS classification: GRAIN AND FIELD BEAN MERCHANT WHOLESALERS.
  Organizations: MINN-KOTA AG PRODUCTS INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3.0%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3.3%

Population in 1990: 168. Population change in the 1990s: +163 (+97.0%).

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

• This state: 150
• Midwest: 41
• West: 4

73% of the 56553 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 19% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Minnesota.

92% of the 56553 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 13% moved from different state.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

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

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

• Construction: New Single-Family Housing Construction (except Operative Builders) (5-9 employees: 1 establishment)
• Finance and Insurance: Commercial Banking (5-9: 1)
• Wholesale Trade: Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers (1-4: 1)
• Construction: All Other Specialty Trade Contractors (1-4: 1)
• Construction: Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors (1-4: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 56553 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
Mary	6	78.0 years
Frank	4	81.0 years
John	4	80.0 years
Lawrence	3	84.0 years
Leo	3	80.0 years
Alice	2	79.6 years
George	2	78.5 years
Helen	2	90.9 years
Carl	2	86.5 years
Donald	2	60.0 years

Most common last names in zip code 56553 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Tschakert	7	79.4 years
Merrick	5	79.4 years
Miller	5	77.4 years
Underberg	5	81.6 years
Nordick	4	80.3 years
Bellmore	4	81.5 years
Clark	4	77.0 years
Mishak	3	83.0 years
Prody	3	78.0 years
Lenoue	3	80.3 years