Median household income (1999): $36,438
Estimated median household income in 2005: $40,238
| This zip code | $40,238 | | Minnesota: | $52,024 |
Nearest zip codes: 56027, 56098, 56033, 56023, 50556, 50465.
Housing units in zip code 56013 with a mortgage: 717 (63 second mortgage, 85 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 554
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $648
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $232
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This zip code: | 8.1% | | Whole state: | 7.9% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This zip code: | 3.1% | | Whole state: | 3.2% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 6.6 | | State: | 6.6 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 4.0 | | State: | 3.7 |
Year house built:
|
- 1999 to March 2000: 8
- 1995 to 1998: 39
- 1990 to 1994: 55
- 1980 to 1989: 161
- 1970 to 1979: 280
- 1960 to 1969: 200
- 1950 to 1959: 262
- 1940 to 1949: 222
- 1939 or earlier: 975
|
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Blue Earth, MN (56013):
|
- no bedroom: 2
- 1 bedrooms: 34
- 2 bedrooms: 318
- 3 bedrooms: 786
- 4 bedrooms: 353
- 5 or more bedrooms: 70
|
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units:
|
- no bedroom: 0
- 1 bedrooms: 193
- 2 bedrooms: 154
- 3 bedrooms: 91
- 4 bedrooms: 26
- 5 or more bedrooms: 6
|
Vehicles available in 56013 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no vehicle: 51
- 1 vehicle: 485
- 2 vehicles: 679
- 3 vehicles: 278
- 4 vehicles: 62
- 5 or more vehicles: 8
|
Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments:
|
- no vehicle: 104
- 1 vehicle: 261
- 2 vehicles: 71
- 3 vehicles: 25
- 4 vehicles: 7
- 5 or more vehicles: 2
|
Estimated household income distribution in 2005:

|
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2005 in zip code 56013:
- Less than $10,000: 16
- $10,000 to $14,999: 2
- $15,000 to $19,999: 12
- $20,000 to $24,999: 42
- $25,000 to $29,999: 44
- $30,000 to $34,999: 62
- $35,000 to $39,999: 91
- $40,000 to $49,999: 116
- $50,000 to $59,999: 190
- $60,000 to $69,999: 136
- $70,000 to $79,999: 156
- $80,000 to $89,999: 117
- $90,000 to $99,999: 73
- $100,000 to $124,999: 98
- $125,000 to $149,999: 55
- $150,000 to $174,999: 28
- $175,000 to $199,999: 17
- $200,000 to $249,999: 10
- $250,000 to $299,999: 2
- $750,000 to $999,999: 2
- $1,000,000 or more: 2
|

|
Rent paid by renters in 2000 in zip code 56013:
- Less than $100: 16
- $100 to $149: 24
- $150 to $199: 28
- $200 to $249: 62
- $250 to $299: 87
- $300 to $349: 82
- $350 to $399: 15
- $400 to $449: 37
- $450 to $499: 8
- $550 to $599: 2
- $600 to $649: 6
- $750 to $799: 12
- $900 to $999: 12
- $1,000 to $1,249: 3
- No cash rent: 46
|
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $66,800
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2005 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $107,395
- Some other race householders: $153,182
- Two or more races householders: $157,558
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $125,575
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,768
- One, attached: 28
- Two: 103
- 3 or 4: 89
- 5 to 9: 45
- 10 to 19: 19
- 20 to 49: 77
- 50 or more: 34
- Mobile homes: 39

|
Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 1,916 (79%)
- Carpooled: 173 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 41 (2%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 134 (6%)
- Other means: 11 (0%)
- Worked at home: 151 (6%)
|

|
Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 388
- 5 to 9 minutes: 853
- 10 to 14 minutes: 344
- 15 to 19 minutes: 211
- 20 to 24 minutes: 112
- 25 to 29 minutes: 94
- 30 to 34 minutes: 94
- 35 to 39 minutes: 9
- 40 to 44 minutes: 8
- 45 to 59 minutes: 65
- 60 to 89 minutes: 28
- 90 or more minutes: 78
|
Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 87.6%
Household type by relationship
Households: 4,752
- In family households: 3,951 (1,168 male householders, 188 female householders)
1,169 spouses, 1,330 children (1,230 natural, 27 adopted, 73 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 32 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 801 (276 male householders (233 living alone)), 440 female householders (423 living alone)), 85 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 202 (196 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 652 2-persons, 278 3-persons, 264 4-persons, 121 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 656 1-person, 41 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 5 4-persons.
884 married couples with children.
216 single-parent households (58 men, 158 women).
97.6% of residents of 56013 zip code speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% very well, 22% well, 32% not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% very well, 30% well, 13% not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% very well, 33% not well).
Foreign born population: 52 (1.1%)
(32.7% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 1.1% | | Whole state: | 5.3% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico (65%)
- India (12%)
- South Africa (8%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Hungary (4%)
- Canada (4%)
|
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995 to March 2000: 11
- 1990 to 1994: 8
- 1985 to 1989: 0
- 1980 to 1984: 6
- 1975 to 1979: 9
- 1970 to 1974: 11
- 1970 to 1974: 0
- 1965 to 1969: 7
|

First ancestries reported:
- German: 1802
- Norwegian: 897
- Irish: 260
- Other groups: 234
- English: 158
- Swedish: 148
- Polish: 110
- United States or American: 95
- French (except Basque): 60
- Scottish: 55
- Danish: 33
- Scotch-Irish: 29
- Dutch: 23
- Scandinavian: 18
- French Canadian: 17
- Northern European: 16
- European: 14
- Icelander: 10
- Greek: 7
- Finnish: 6
- Arab:: 6
- Czech: 6
- Arab/Arabic: 6
- Czechoslovakian: 6
- Ukrainian: 5
- Hungarian: 4
- Welsh: 3
- Italian: 2
- Armenian: 2
- Slavic: 2
- Yugoslavian: 1

Major facitilies with environmental interests located in this zip code:
- DARLING INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED (9000 382ND AVENUE in BLUE EARTH, MN)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-05-1997-0157, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - AIRS-2704300026, AIR PROGRAM, PCS-MN0002313, NPDES NON-MAJOR, PCS-604488387, GENERAL PERMIT STORM WATER IND, AFS-2704300026, AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR, RCRIS-MND985693746, CESQG
CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities)
Business SIC classification: ANIMAL AND MARINE FATS AND OILS; NONCLASSIFIABLE ESTABLISHMENTS
Business NAICS classification: RENDERING AND MEAT BYPRODUCT PROCESSING.
Organizations: DARLING DELAWARE CO INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: DARLING INTERNATIONAL INC - BLUE EARTH, DARLING INTERNATIONAL INC - (FORMERLY BL
- BLUE EARTH LIGHT& WATER (124 E 6TH ST in BLUE EARTH, MN)
AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS)
AIR PROGRAM (Clean Air Markets Division Business System)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - AIRS-2704300002, AIR PROGRAM, AFS-2704300002, AIR MAJOR
CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Business SIC classification: ELECTRIC SERVICES
Business NAICS classification: FOSSIL FUEL ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION.
Organizations: RELIANT ENERGY MINNESGASCO (CONTACT/OWNER)
, BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS (CONTACT/OWNER)
, CITY OF BLUE EARTH (OWNER/OPERATOR)
Alternative names: BLUE EARTH LIGHT & WATER DEPT, BLUE EARTH UTILITY, MINNEGASCO (BLUE EARTH POWER)
- FARIBAULT CO PUBLIC WORKS DEPT (5TH AND WALNUT in BLUE EARTH, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-MND982631541, CESQG, RCRIS-MND982631541,
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Business SIC classification: CRUSHED AND BROKEN LIMESTONE; GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Business NAICS classification: OTHER GENERAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT.
Organizations: FARIBAULT COUNTY (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: FARIBAULT COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPT
- GUKEEN FARMERS ELEVATOR CO (32120 115TH ST in BLUE EARTH, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-MND022809644, NOT IN A UNIVERSE, RCRIS-MND022809644, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Business SIC classification: GRAIN AND FIELD BEANS
Business NAICS classification: GRAIN AND FIELD BEAN MERCHANT WHOLESALERS.
Organizations: GUCKEEN FARMERS ELEVATOR (CONTACT/OWNER)
, CARGILL INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: GUCKEEN FARMERS ELEVATOR
- BLUE EARTH WWTF (OLD HWY 16 W & GRANT ST. in BLUE EARTH, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - PCS-MN0020532, NPDES NON-MAJOR
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
Business NAICS classification: SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES.
Organizations: BLUE EARTH CITY OF (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: BLUE EARTH WWTP
- BLUE EARTH LIGHT& WATER (1101 E 7TH ST in BLUE EARTH, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-MND980274922, SQG, RCRIS-MND980274922,
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Business SIC classification: ELECTRIC AND OTHER SERVICES COMBINED
Business NAICS classification: FOSSIL FUEL ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION.
Organizations: BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: BLUE EARTH POWER PLT
- BARTLEY PRINTING CO (110 N MAIN in BLUE EARTH, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-MND006180145, CESQG, RCRIS-MND006180145,
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Business SIC classification: COMMERCIAL PRINTING, LITHOGRAPHIC
Business NAICS classification: COMMERCIAL LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING.
- BAUER BUILT TIRE CENTER (425 N GROVE ST in BLUE EARTH, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-MND093915015, CESQG, RCRIS-MND093915015,
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Business SIC classification: AUTO AND HOME SUPPLY STORES
Business NAICS classification: TIRE DEALERS.
Organizations: BAUER BUILT INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
- L AND M MOTORS INC (202 N MAIN in BLUE EARTH, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - AIRS-2704300052, AIR PROGRAM, RCRAINFO-MND022725949, CESQG, AFS-2704300052, AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR, RCRIS-MND022725949, CESQG
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Business SIC classification: MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS (NEW AND USED); TOP, BODY, AND UPHOLSTERY REPAIR SHOPS AND PAINT SHOPS
Business NAICS classification: NEW CAR DEALERS.; AUTOMOTIVE BODY, PAINT, AND INTERIOR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE.
Organizations: LARSON NEIL AND MORGAN TRAVIS (CONTACT/OWNER)
, L & M MOTORS INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
- NUVEX INGREDIENTS INCORPORATED (1640 WEST 1ST STREET in BLUE EARTH, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-MNR000060889, CESQG, PCS-SIU000104, NPDES PRETREATMENT PROGRAM, AFS-2704300059, AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR, RCRIS-MNR000060889, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM
CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Business SIC classification: CEREAL BREAKFAST FOODS
Business NAICS classification: BREAKFAST CEREAL MANUFACTURING.
Organizations: CUSTOM FOOD PROCESSORS INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
- MUSIC MUSEUM STORE AMUNDSON ENT (130 S MAIN in BLUE EARTH, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - AIRS-2704300042, AIR PROGRAM, RCRAINFO-MNR000001800, CESQG, RCRIS-MNR000001800,
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
TRANSPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Business SIC classification: REPAIR SHOPS AND RELATED SERVICES
Business NAICS classification: INDEPENDENT ARTISTS, WRITERS, AND PERFORMERS.
Organizations: AMUNDSON PAUL (CONTACT/OWNER)
- BLUE EARTH TIRE INC (327 S MAIN in BLUE EARTH, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-MND051726065, CESQG, RCRIS-MND051726065,
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Business SIC classification: TIRES AND TUBES
Business NAICS classification: TIRE DEALERS.
Organizations: PRESCHER LOREN (CONTACT/OWNER)
- BEA HIGH SCHOOL (1125 HIGHWAY 169 N in BLUE EARTH, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-MNR000022442, CESQG, RCRIS-MNR000022442,
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Business SIC classification: SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
Organizations: ISD N0 2148 (CONTACT/OWNER)
, BLUE EARTH AREA SR HIGH SCHOOL (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: BLUE EARTH AREA SR.
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
|
- Utility gas (66%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Wood (1%)
|
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3807
- Northeast: 55
- Midwest: 851
- South: 103
- West: 84
69% of the 56013 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Minnesota.
Population in 1990: 5,090. Population change in the 1990s: -187 (-3.7%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
|
|
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 25
| Here: | 4.7% | | Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
| Here: | 4.4% | | Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 9.3% | | Minnesota: | 24.6% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
|
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Nursing Care Facilities (100-249 employees: 1 establishment, 1-4 employees: 1 establishment)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (100-249: 1)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (20-49: 2, 10-19: 1)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (20-49: 2)
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
|
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
|
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
|
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
|
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
|
Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)
|
People in group quarters
- 171 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 13 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 13 people in nursing homes
- 4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Back to Blue Earth, MN, Faribault County, MN, Minnesota bigger cities, Minnesota smaller cities, Minnesota smallest towns, All U.S. cities.
|