ZIP code · Wells · Minnesota · United States
ZIP code 56097 — Wells
ZIP code 56097 serves Wells, Minnesota.
- Postal code
- 56097Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Wells
- County
- Faribault FIPS 27043
- State
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 43.7434, -93.7321 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 3,593 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 20 / sq mi
- Land area
- 175.6 sq mi (454.7 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $63,646
- Per-capita income
- $36,343
- Median age
- 46
- Households
- 1,623
- Housing units
- 1,801
- Median home value
- $118,000
- Median gross rent
- $761 / month
- Congressional district
- MN-1 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 4b (-25 to -20 °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 56097
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 82°F), coldest Jan (avg low 5°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 24 | 29 | 41 | 56 | 69 | 79 | 82 | 80 | 74 | 60 | 43 | 29 |
| Avg low °F | 5 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 48 | 59 | 62 | 60 | 51 | 38 | 24 | 12 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: WELLS (0.3 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 56097
- 1 schools
- 1 hospitals & clinics
- 1 doctors & dentists
- 1 supermarkets
- 4 restaurants & cafés
- 2 parks
- 5 playgrounds
- 2 gyms & sports centres
- 2 libraries
- 1 post offices
- 4 places of worship
- 1 banks
- 2 gas stations
- 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