ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 56529

Clay County, Minnesota: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Data updated 2026-08-24

4,621
Population (ZIP)
6
Violent rate /100K (county)
78
Property rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 56529 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 56529 sits within Clay County, MN, in which law-enforcement agencies did not report complete 2024 data to the FBI UCR Program. The county figures below cover only the agencies that submitted, so they are not a measure of crime in this area and no comparison to the national average is drawn from them.

ZIP 56529 carries a Census-reported population of 4,621, ranking #3 of 13 ZIPs in Clay County, spread across 3.69 square miles (about 1,252 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Clay County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Clay County crime page linked below.

ZIP 56529 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). Figures above use the Clay County proxy where reported; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 56529 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income
$84,602
Median age
39.3 years
Owner-occupied homes
79%
Occupied homes
1,889

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

ZIP 56529 settlement vs Clay County

ZIP 56529 itself is about 1,252 people per Census sq mi across 3.7 sq mi (4,621 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 56529 accounts for roughly 7.1% of the county reporting population (4,621 of 65,318).

Clay County leans on larceny-theft at 44% of reported offenses (mix index 3,739). ZIP 56529 has no separate FBI offense book.

Settlement lines use Census ZCTA figures only; incomplete county agency coverage blocks any UCR mix or rate desk for this ZIP.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 56529

Similar county violent rate (~6/100K)

Similar Census population (~4,621)

County detail: Clay County · State atlas: Minnesota

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.