| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Codes: | 406 / 701 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:03 PM |
| Population: | 1,647 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 38091 |
| Land Area: | 577 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 19 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 47.4104, -97.8330 |
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1,647 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 577 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 1,753 to 1,647 from 2014 to 2024 — a -6.0% change. 0 ZIPs gained residents, 4 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 58230 (Finley, $81,250 median) and poorest ZIP 58056 (Luverne, $29,178) are 18.4 miles apart — a 2.8× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 3.5× across this county — from $91,700 in 58230 (Finley) to $324,400 in 58056 (Luverne).
Educational attainment ranges from 19.8% bachelor's+ in 58046 (Hope) to 47.5% in 58056 (Luverne) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within North Dakota, this is the #48 most populous of 64 counties and ranks #55 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $67,121 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
27.3% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (338 of 1,239 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.
Steele County lost 6.0% of residents between 2014 and 2024.