55720
ZIP 55720 is Cloquet, Minnesota, mostly in Carlton County; area code 218; Central time.
- Type
- Standard
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- County
- Carlton +1 more
- Metro area
- Duluth, MN-WI
- Population
- 17,448
- Coordinates
- 46.7510, -92.5334
Weather right now
Asking the National Weather Service…
Where 55720 is
Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.
- 🔢 Type 55720 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZLSS — not quite a word, sorry.
- ➕ As a number, 55,720 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 7 × 199. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
- 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it:
1101100110101000 - 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 55719 (Chisholm, MN, 57 mi away) and 55721 (Cohasset, MN, 63 mi away).
- 🔄 Backwards, 55720 becomes 02755, which is not a ZIP code at all.
- 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02557, 02575, 05257, 20557, 20575, 20755, …). The farthest-flung twin is 70552 in Loreauville, LA, 1,155 miles away.
- 🧭 Farther north than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 62%.
- 🎯566 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
- 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 55720 and you would come out at 46.75°S, 87.47°E — 815 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
- ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 52m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 32m.
- 📏 At 156.4 square miles of land, 55720 is bigger than 87% of ZIP codes — room for about 119 Central Parks.
- Working out the sun…
- Checking the USGS…
Source: USGS.
People and housing
| Population | 17,448This ZIP17,448 |
|---|---|
| Households | 7,154This ZIP7,154 |
| Housing units | 7,692This ZIP7,692 |
| Median age | 38.2This ZIP38.2Minnesota38.8US 38.9 |
| Median household income | $64,167This ZIP$64,167Minnesota$89,062US $80,734 |
| Median home value | $223,200This ZIP$223,200Minnesota$329,300US $332,700 |
| Median gross rent | $1,023This ZIP$1,023Minnesota$1,280US $1,413 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 25.2%This ZIP25.2% |
| Mean commute | 18.6 minThis ZIP18.6 min |
| Population density | 111.6 / sq miThis ZIP111.6 / sq mi |
Business and tax activity
| Business establishments | 398This ZIP398 |
|---|---|
| Employees | 5,570This ZIP5,570 |
| Annual payroll | $309,599,000This ZIP$309,599,000 |
| Tax returns filed | 8,250This ZIP8,250 |
| Total adjusted gross income | $527,256,000This ZIP$527,256,000 |
Land area
| Land area | 156.38 sq miThis ZIP156.38 sq mi |
|---|---|
| Water area | 3.81 sq miThis ZIP3.81 sq mi |
Counties 55720 spans
A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.
| County | Share of this ZIP |
|---|---|
| Carlton County | 58.7% |
| St. Louis County | 41.3% |
Other place names in 55720
Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.
ZIP codes near 55720
| ZIP | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
55733 | Esko, MN | 8.6 mi |
55780 | Sawyer, MN | 8.6 mi |
55711 | Brookston, MN | 8.8 mi |
55718 | Carlton, MN | 9.3 mi |
55779 | Saginaw, MN | 11.6 mi |
55810 | Duluth, MN | 12.5 mi |
55791 | Twig, MN | 12.7 mi |
55707 | Barnum, MN | 14.6 mi |
55808 | Duluth, MN | 14.9 mi |
55702 | Alborn, MN | 15.1 mi |
Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 55720 →
Questions about this ZIP code
Where is ZIP code 55720?
55720 is in Cloquet, Minnesota, in Carlton County, part of the Duluth, MN-WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.7510, -92.5334.
What county is 55720 in?
55720 spans 2 counties: Carlton County and St. Louis County. Most of it falls in Carlton County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.
What area code is 55720?
Cloquet uses area code 218, from NANPA's telephone records.
What time zone is 55720 in?
55720 uses America/Chicago.
How many people live in 55720?
About 17,448 people live in ZIP code 55720, in 7,154 households, at 111.6 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.
What is the median household income in 55720?
$64,167 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.
What ZIP codes are near 55720?
The closest are 55733 (8.6 mi), 55780 (8.6 mi), 55711 (8.8 mi), 55718 (9.3 mi) and 55779 (11.6 mi).
Is 55720 a PO Box ZIP code?
55720 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.
Download or cite
Cite this page
zipcodes.pro. “55720 ZIP Code — Cloquet, Minnesota (Carlton County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/55720
Machine-readable version of these facts:
curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/55720.jsonUnderlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.