
Minnesota · FIPS 27085
McLeod ZIP codes — McLeod County, Minnesota
Quick answer
McLeod County is home to 36,771 residents with a median household income of $78,468 and a median home value of $233,400. 77.8% of households own their home and 7.7% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a McLeod ZIP code? 8 ZIP code areas fall inside McLeod County, Minnesota, listed in full below.
- Population
- 36,771McLeod County residents
- Median household income
- $78,468Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $233,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $906Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 41.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 77.8%Owner-occupied households
McLeod County, MN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
McLeod County is a small city in Minnesota, with 36,771 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 41.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in McLeod County earn a median of $78,468 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 7.7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in McLeod County is valued at $233,400, 23.1% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $906 a month, 35.6% below the national figure, or roughly $10,872 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.9% 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 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 77.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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.
ZIP codes in McLeod County
ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in McLeod County.
How to read this page
What these estimates cover.
Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cities and towns in Minnesota
Largest Census places in Minnesota by population.
- 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
- Lakeville city 72,480
- Blaine city 71,261
- Maple Grove city 70,539
- St. Cloud city 69,926
Nearby counties
Other counties in Minnesota.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of McLeod County?
- McLeod County has 36,771 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
- What is the median household income in McLeod County?
- Median household income in McLeod County is $78,468 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in McLeod County?
- Median gross rent is $906 a month and the median home value is $233,400, so rent absorbs about 13.9% of median household income.
- Is McLeod County affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so McLeod County is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this McLeod County data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.