| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 701 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:02 PM |
| Population: | 1,514 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 38051 |
| Land Area: | 1,208 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 13 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 46.2234, -99.6057 |
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2,480 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 1,208 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 2,898 to 2,480 from 2014 to 2024 — a -14.4% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 58495 (Wishek, $73,661 median) and poorest ZIP 58460 (Lehr, $47,500) are 16.3 miles apart — a 1.6× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 3.7× across this county — from $29,200 in 58581 (Zeeland) to $106,900 in 58495 (Wishek).
Educational attainment ranges from 20.7% bachelor's+ in 58413 (Ashley) to 30.6% in 58460 (Lehr) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within North Dakota, this is the #49 most populous of 64 counties and ranks #56 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $62,519 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
22.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (422 of 1,915 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.
Mcintosh County lost 12.9% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: