Median household income (1999): $33,902
Estimated median household income in 2005: $37,437
| This zip code | $37,437 | | Minnesota: | $52,024 |
Nearest zip codes: 56311, 56590, 56309, 56324, 56339, 56248.
Housing units in zip code 56531 with a mortgage: 283 (29 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 255
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $731
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $250
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This zip code: | 7.6% | | 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: | 6.3 | | State: | 6.6 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 4.5 | | State: | 3.7 |
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Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable locations in zip code 56531: Elbow Lake (A), Grant County Historical Museum (B), Elbow Lake Police Department (C), Elbow Lake Library (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 56531 include: First Presbyterian Church (A), Grace Evangelical Free Church (B), Victory in Life Church (C), Saint Olaf Catholic Church (D), United Lutheran Church (E), Lakeview Assembly of God Church (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Rock Prairie Cemetery (1), Ness Cemetery (2), Saint Loretto Catholic Cemetery (3), West Elbow Lake Lutheran Cemetery (4), Lund Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and swamps: Huset Lake (A), Pomme de Terre Lake (B), Foss Lake (C), Flekkefjord Lake (D), Engralson Lake (E), Stony Brook Lake (F), Jones Lake (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in zip code 56531: Mustinka State Wildlife Management Area (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Post office: Elbow Lake Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
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Year house built: |
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- 1999 to March 2000: 8
- 1995 to 1998: 34
- 1990 to 1994: 47
- 1980 to 1989: 119
- 1970 to 1979: 202
- 1960 to 1969: 74
- 1950 to 1959: 137
- 1940 to 1949: 133
- 1939 or earlier: 358
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Elbow Lake, MN (56531): |
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- no bedroom: 1
- 1 bedrooms: 24
- 2 bedrooms: 151
- 3 bedrooms: 313
- 4 bedrooms: 178
- 5 or more bedrooms: 43
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units: |
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- no bedroom: 2
- 1 bedrooms: 27
- 2 bedrooms: 103
- 3 bedrooms: 47
- 4 bedrooms: 11
- 5 or more bedrooms: 3
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Vehicles available in 56531 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
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- no vehicle: 17
- 1 vehicle: 170
- 2 vehicles: 374
- 3 vehicles: 111
- 4 vehicles: 32
- 5 or more vehicles: 6
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments: |
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- no vehicle: 31
- 1 vehicle: 90
- 2 vehicles: 53
- 3 vehicles: 9
- 4 vehicles: 8
- 5 or more vehicles: 2
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Estimated household income distribution in 2005:

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Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2005 in zip code 56531:
- Less than $10,000: 13
- $10,000 to $14,999: 14
- $15,000 to $19,999: 4
- $20,000 to $24,999: 27
- $25,000 to $29,999: 19
- $30,000 to $34,999: 34
- $35,000 to $39,999: 29
- $40,000 to $49,999: 74
- $50,000 to $59,999: 64
- $60,000 to $69,999: 40
- $70,000 to $79,999: 53
- $80,000 to $89,999: 52
- $90,000 to $99,999: 43
- $100,000 to $124,999: 25
- $125,000 to $149,999: 15
- $150,000 to $174,999: 11
- $175,000 to $199,999: 2
- $200,000 to $249,999: 15
- $300,000 to $399,999: 4
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Rent paid by renters in 2000 in zip code 56531:
- Less than $100: 3
- $100 to $149: 11
- $150 to $199: 18
- $200 to $249: 21
- $250 to $299: 18
- $300 to $349: 23
- $350 to $399: 30
- $400 to $449: 8
- $500 to $549: 5
- $550 to $599: 6
- $700 to $749: 10
- $750 to $799: 1
- $800 to $899: 6
- No cash rent: 18
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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $30,000
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2005 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $99,484
- Some other race householders: $42,082
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $37,874
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 912
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 19
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 19
- 10 to 19: 58
- 20 to 49: 19
- Mobile homes: 64
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 765 (73%)
- Carpooled: 124 (12%)
- Ferryboat: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 43 (4%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 104 (10%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 146
- 5 to 9 minutes: 204
- 10 to 14 minutes: 156
- 15 to 19 minutes: 137
- 20 to 24 minutes: 76
- 25 to 29 minutes: 38
- 30 to 34 minutes: 83
- 35 to 39 minutes: 16
- 40 to 44 minutes: 20
- 45 to 59 minutes: 36
- 60 to 89 minutes: 8
- 90 or more minutes: 22
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 73.1%
Household type by relationship
Households: 2,197
- In family households: 1,869 (509 male householders, 97 female householders)
555 spouses, 672 children (602 natural, 23 adopted, 47 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 5 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 328 (119 male householders (95 living alone)), 172 female householders (163 living alone)), 37 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 7 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 298 2-persons, 108 3-persons, 118 4-persons, 60 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 258 1-person, 27 2-persons, 6 3-persons.
481 married couples with children.
84 single-parent households (17 men, 67 women).
95.8% of residents of 56531 zip code speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% very well, 3% well, 10% not well, 13% not at all).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% very well, 12% well, 10% not well).
Foreign born population: 24 (1.1%)
(50.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 1.1% | | Whole state: | 5.3% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Mexico (25%)
- France (21%)
- India (13%)
- Other Northern Europe (8%)
- Italy (8%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (8%)
- Peru (8%)
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Year of entry for the foreign-born population |
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- 1995 to March 2000: 5
- 1990 to 1994: 11
- 1985 to 1989: 1
- 1980 to 1984: 1
- 1975 to 1979: 0
- 1970 to 1974: 0
- 1970 to 1974: 0
- 1965 to 1969: 6
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First ancestries reported:
- Norwegian: 758
- German: 630
- Swedish: 107
- English: 69
- United States or American: 59
- Irish: 49
- Other groups: 41
- Scandinavian: 40
- Dutch: 29
- French (except Basque): 28
- Danish: 23
- Czech: 18
- Polish: 15
- Italian: 9
- European: 8
- Finnish: 7
- French Canadian: 7
- Austrian: 3
- Greek: 2
- British: 2
- Czechoslovakian: 2
- Russian: 2
- Scotch-Irish: 2
- Slovene: 2

Major facitilies with environmental interests located in this zip code:
- ELBOW LAKE FORD AND MERCURY INC (29 CENTRAL AVE in ELBOW LAKE, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-MND151026705, CESQG, RCRIS-MND151026705,
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
USED OIL PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Business SIC classification: MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS (NEW AND USED)
Business NAICS classification: NEW CAR DEALERS.
Organizations: KRUSEMARK TOM AND JOEL (CONTACT/OWNER)
, VALU FORD OF ELBOW LAKE (CONTACT/OWNER)
- GRANT COUNTY HEALTH CENTER (930 1ST ST NE in ELBOW LAKE, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-MND981799182, CESQG, RCRIS-MND981799182,
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Business SIC and NAICS classification: GENERAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL HOSPITALS
Organizations: ELEAH MEDICAL CENTER (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: GRANT COUNTY HOSPITAL
- GRANT COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPT (3RD STREET SOUTHEAST in ELBOW LAKE, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-MND982208266, CESQG, RCRIS-MND982208266,
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: GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOPS
Business NAICS classification: GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR.
Alternative names: GRANT CO HWY DEPT
- HALEY OIL CO (HWY 79 E in ELBOW LAKE, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-MND022777916, CESQG, RCRIS-MND022777916,
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Organizations: HALEY WILLIAM (CONTACT/OWNER)
- ELBOW LAKE PUBLIC UTILITIES (DIVISION& 1ST ST NE in ELBOW LAKE, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-MND981802317, CESQG, RCRIS-MND981802317,
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: ELECTRIC SERVICES
Organizations: ELBOW LAKE CITY OF (CONTACT/OWNER)
- ELBOW LAKE WWTP (HIGHWAY 79 in ELBOW LAKE, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - PCS-MN0051535, 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: ELBOW LAKE CITY OF (CONTACT/OWNER)
- FARMERS COOP OIL ASSOCIATION (CENTRAL AVENUE SOUTH in ELBOW LAKE, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-MND981778079, CESQG, RCRIS-MND981778079,
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: GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS
Business NAICS classification: GASOLINE STATIONS WITH CONVENIENCE STORES.
Organizations: FARMERS CO-OP OIL ASSN (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: FARMER CO OP OIL ASSN
- ELBOW LAKE COOP GRAIN (109 1ST ST S.E. in ELBOW LAKE, MN)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
Business SIC classification: GRAIN AND FIELD BEANS
- FARM POWER INC (27062 HIGHWAY 59 in ELBOW LAKE, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-MNR000020214, SQG, RCRIS-MNR000020214, 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: REPAIR SHOPS AND RELATED SERVICES
Business NAICS classification: COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (EXCEPT AUTOMOTIVE AND ELECTRONIC) REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE.
Organizations: FARM POWER INC OF MINNESOTA (CONTACT/OWNER)
- MPCA GRANT CO HWY DEPT (HWY 55 in ELBOW LAKE, MN)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
- ENVIRO TECH INTERNATIONAL (511 INDUSTRIAL PARK BLVD in ELBOW LAKE, MN)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: YANKE ROD (CONTACT/OWNER)
- ELBOW LAKE (SEC 18 T129N R42W in ELBOW LAKE, MN)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
- ELBOW LAKE COOP GRAIN EL NH3 PLANT (HWY 59 N. , SANFORD TWP. SECTION 6 in ELBOW LAKE, MN)
ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System)
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,000
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%
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- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
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Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1736
- Northeast: 22
- Midwest: 291
- South: 26
- West: 98
61% of the 56531 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Minnesota.
Population in 1990: 2,087. Population change in the 1990s: +135 (+6.5%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
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Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
| Here: | 4.7% | | Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% | | Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 5.4% | | Minnesota: | 24.6% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (20-49 employees: 2 establishments, 5-9 employees: 1 establishment)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Other Individual and Family Services (50-99: 1)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (50-99: 1)
- Wholesale Trade: Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (20-49: 1, 10-19: 1)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Residential Mental Retardation Facilities (10-19: 1, 5-9: 3, 1-4: 2)
- Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (10-19: 1, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 2)
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)
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4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
3 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
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