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Floodwood, MN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Floodwood, Minnesota (Floodwood, MN — Census place “Floodwood city”) is 482 residents, ranking #511 of 914 places in Minnesota. Median household income is $40,972, the median home is worth $100,000 and median gross rent runs $667 a month. Looking for the Floodwood Minnesota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Floodwood, MN: 55736.

Population
482Floodwood city residents
Median household income
$40,972Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$100,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$667Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
41.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
73.2%Owner-occupied households

Floodwood ZIP codes (Minnesota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Floodwood.

The Floodwood MN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Floodwood city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Floodwood city median would spend about 19.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 24.7% of residents and 73.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Floodwood city, MN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Floodwood city is a very small community in Minnesota, with 482 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #511 of 914 ranked by population — larger than 44% of them. The median age here is 41.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Floodwood city earn a median of $40,972 a year, 47.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 46% below the $75,469 median for the 361 Minnesota cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 24.7% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Floodwood city is valued at $100,000, 67% below the national figure and 58% below the $240,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $667 a month, 52.6% below the national figure, or roughly $8,004 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 73.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 482 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Floodwood city against its county rather than against national figures.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Floodwood city?
Floodwood city has 482 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #511 of 914 in Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Floodwood city?
Median household income in Floodwood city is $40,972 a year, 47.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Floodwood city?
Median gross rent is $667 a month and the median home value is $100,000, so rent absorbs about 19.5% of median household income.
Is Floodwood city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Floodwood city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Floodwood city data?
All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.