Minnesota · Census place 51460
Plato, MN population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Plato, Minnesota (Plato, MN — Census place “Plato city”) is 193 residents, ranking #695 of 914 places in Minnesota. Median household income is $99,375, the median home is worth $228,900 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Plato Minnesota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Plato, MN: 55370.
- Population
- 193Plato city residents
- Median household income
- $99,375Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $228,900Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 40.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 98.8%Owner-occupied households
Plato ZIP codes (Minnesota)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Plato.
The Plato 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 Plato city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
The median home costs 2.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 0% of residents and 98.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Plato city, MN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Plato city is a very small community in Minnesota, with 193 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #695 of 914 ranked by population — larger than 23% of them. The median age here is 40.5 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 Plato city earn a median of $99,375 a year, 26.5% above the national figure of $78,538 and 32% above the $75,469 median for the 361 Minnesota cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 0% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Plato city is valued at $228,900, 24.6% below the national figure and 5% below the $240,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.3×, 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. 98.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
With 193 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Plato city against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld gross rent for Plato city because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Minnesota.
- Minneapolis city 426,845
- St. Paul city 307,762
- Rochester city 121,638
- Bloomington city 88,838
- Duluth city 86,863
- Brooklyn Park city 84,349
- Plymouth city 79,526
- Woodbury city 76,945
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Plato city?
- Plato city has 193 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #695 of 914 in Minnesota.
- What is the median household income in Plato city?
- Median household income in Plato city is $99,375 a year, 26.5% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Plato city?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $228,900.
- Is Plato city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Plato city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
- How current is this Plato 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.