| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 218 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:13:51 PM |
| Population: | 4,070 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 27125 |
| Land Area: | 506 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 0 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 47.8845, -96.0182 |
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4,070 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 506 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 4,447 to 4,070 from 2014 to 2024 — a -8.5% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 56742 (Oklee, $92,500 median) and poorest ZIP 56750 (Red Lake Falls, $71,875) are 23.1 miles apart — a 1.3× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.4× across this county — from $143,300 in 56742 (Oklee) to $202,200 in 56748 (Plummer).
Density varies 2× across the county — from 5 people/sq mi in 56715 (Brooks) to 9 in 56750 (Red Lake Falls).
Educational attainment ranges from 15.0% bachelor's+ in 56715 (Brooks) to 20.7% in 56742 (Oklee) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Minnesota, this is the #85 most populous of 87 counties and ranks #23 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $78,714 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
18.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (526 of 2,850 reporting).
4 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
Red Lake County lost 8.5% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: