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St. Louis County, MN

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 42 ZIP codes inside St. Louis County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
42
in this county
Total population
192,767
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
32
distinct city/town names
Avg density
246
people / sq mi
Avg median income
household, ACS
Avg home value
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in St. Louis County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
55811 Duluth 28,000 168
55803 Duluth 17,772 23
55746 Hibbing 17,047 19
55804 Duluth 15,691 64
55812 Duluth 11,511 2,296
55805 Duluth 10,082 2,697
55792 Virginia 9,907 40
55806 Duluth 9,369 1,057
55807 Duluth 9,099 607
55810 Duluth 7,961 65
55734 Eveleth 6,424 32
55719 Chisholm 5,710 26
55808 Duluth 5,690 183
55779 Saginaw 3,957 12
55705 Aurora 3,247 15
55741 Gilbert 3,206 18
55768 Mountain Iron 2,687 12
55802 Duluth 2,412 360
55750 Hoyt Lakes 2,210 5
55723 Cook 2,009 2
55790 Tower 1,840 5
55771 Orr 1,658 1
55706 Babbitt 1,646 5
55751 Iron 1,436 9
55732 Embarrass 1,406 3
55736 Floodwood 1,406 2
55710 Britt 1,292 6
55713 Buhl 1,098 57
55703 Angora 902 2
55765 Meadowlands 797 2
55724 Cotton 711 1
55708 Biwabik 635 51
55738 Forbes 578 2
55711 Brookston 537 3
55763 Makinen 504 1
55814 Duluth 490 2,424
55782 Soudan 488 18
55702 Alborn 456 4
55602 Brimson 311 1
55717 Canyon 291 1
55758 Kinney 180 41
55725 Crane Lake 114 0

About St. Louis County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. St. Louis County in Minnesota contains roughly 42 ZIP codes spread across 32 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 192,767. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider Minnesota index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 246, which classifies the county overall as a small town environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into St. Louis County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping St. Louis County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.