Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/55943

55943

ZIP 55943 is Houston, Minnesota, mostly in Houston County; area code 507; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Houston +1 more
Population
3,221
Coordinates
43.7830, -91.5827
☼ Live from 55943 — Houston, MN

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 55943 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.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 55943
  • 🔢 Type 55943 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhGSS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 55,943 = 43 × 1301. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101101010000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 55942 (Homer, MN, 17 mi away) and 55944 (Kasson, MN, 58 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 55943 becomes 34955, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35459, 35549, 35594, 35954, 39455, 45359, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95534 in Cutten, CA, 1,668 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 60%.
  • 🎯452 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 55943 and you would come out at 43.78°S, 88.42°E — 943 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 28m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 55m.
  • 📏 At 170.6 square miles of land, 55943 is bigger than 88% of ZIP codes — room for about 130 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 55943 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population3,221This ZIP3,221
Households1,197This ZIP1,197
Housing units1,327This ZIP1,327
Median age39.3This ZIP39.3Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$72,411This ZIP$72,411Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$239,600This ZIP$239,600Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$964This ZIP$964Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher30.1%This ZIP30.1%
Mean commute31.5 minThis ZIP31.5 min
Population density18.9 / sq miThis ZIP18.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments64This ZIP64
Employees498This ZIP498
Annual payroll$22,405,000This ZIP$22,405,000
Tax returns filed1,510This ZIP1,510
Total adjusted gross income$105,783,000This ZIP$105,783,000

Land area

Land area170.62 sq miThis ZIP170.62 sq mi
Water area1.21 sq miThis ZIP1.21 sq mi

Counties 55943 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Houston County 80.4%
Winona County 19.6%

Other place names in 55943

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 55943

ZIPCityDistance
55971 Rushford, MN 9.1 mi
55925 Dakota, MN 10.9 mi
55947 La Crescent, MN 11.1 mi
55941 Hokah, MN 12.3 mi
55921 Caledonia, MN 12.4 mi
55962 Peterson, MN 13.2 mi
55974 Spring Grove, MN 14.6 mi
55987 Winona, MN 14.8 mi
55952 Lewiston, MN 17.1 mi
55942 Homer, MN 17.1 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 55943 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 55943?

55943 is in Houston, Minnesota, in Houston County, part of the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.7830, -91.5827.

What county is 55943 in?

55943 spans 2 counties: Houston County and Winona County. Most of it falls in Houston 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 55943?

Houston uses area code 507, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 55943 in?

55943 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 55943?

About 3,221 people live in ZIP code 55943, in 1,197 households, at 18.9 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 55943?

$72,411 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 55943?

The closest are 55971 (9.1 mi), 55925 (10.9 mi), 55947 (11.1 mi), 55941 (12.3 mi) and 55921 (12.4 mi).

Is 55943 a PO Box ZIP code?

55943 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “55943 ZIP Code — Houston, Minnesota (Houston County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/55943

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/55943.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.