ZIP code · Porter · Minnesota · United States
ZIP code 56280 — Porter
ZIP code 56280 serves Porter, Minnesota.
- Postal code
- 56280Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Porter
- County
- Yellow Medicine FIPS 27173
- State
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 44.6565, -96.1581 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 492 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 7 / sq mi
- Land area
- 68.6 sq mi (177.6 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $74,167
- Per-capita income
- $36,448
- Median age
- 41.6
- Households
- 208
- Housing units
- 241
- Median home value
- $169,000
- Median gross rent
- $875 / month
- Congressional district
- MN-7 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 5a (-20 to -15 °F)Planting / growing zone from the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: average annual extreme minimum temperature, 1991–2020.
- Time zone
- America/Chicago (UTC−6 / UTC−5 DST)
- Area code
- 507Telephone area codes serving this ZIP (NANPA central-office assignments). A ZIP and an area code are different boundaries; at a border both codes may apply.
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Map of ZIP code 56280
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 83°F), coldest Jan (avg low 5°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 23 | 28 | 40 | 55 | 68 | 78 | 83 | 81 | 73 | 59 | 42 | 29 |
| Avg low °F | 5 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 46 | 57 | 62 | 59 | 50 | 37 | 24 | 12 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: CANBY (7.0 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 56280
- 1 post offices
- 2 police & fire stations
Places mapped inside this ZIP’s ZCTA area in OpenStreetMap. OSM is community-maintained: counts reflect what has been mapped, and completeness varies by area — treat them as at-least figures. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Methodology
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US ZIP codes have five digits. They are postal routing areas, not administrative boundaries: a ZIP can span more than one city or county, and the city shown is the primary USPS name for that code.
GeoNames · U.S. Census Bureau (ACS) · U.S. Census Bureau · NOAA NCEI · usda-phzm. Data generated on 2026-08-21. Methodology · Report an error on this page