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/56578

56578

ZIP 56578 is Rochert, Minnesota, in Becker County; area code 218; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Becker
Metro area
Detroit Lakes, MN
Population
654
Coordinates
46.9409, -95.6415
☼ Live from 56578 — Rochert, MN

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 56578 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 56578
  • 🔢 Type 56578 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLSgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,578 = 2 × 28289. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101110100000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56577 (Richwood, MN, 9 mi away) and 56579 (Rothsay, MN, 47 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56578 becomes 87565 — and that is a real ZIP code: San Jose, NM, 939 miles away.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (55768, 55786, 56587, 56758, 57568, 57658, …). The farthest-flung twin is 78565 in Los Ebanos, TX, 1,439 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 70%.
  • 🎯513 miles north of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56578 and you would come out at 46.94°S, 84.36°E — 672 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 53m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 31m.
  • 📏 At 55.5 square miles of land, 56578 is bigger than 62% of ZIP codes — room for about 42 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 56578 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population654This ZIP654
Households286This ZIP286
Housing units588This ZIP588
Median age52.3This ZIP52.3Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$90,000This ZIP$90,000Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$327,900This ZIP$327,900Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher32.8%This ZIP32.8%
Mean commute33.7 minThis ZIP33.7 min
Population density11.8 / sq miThis ZIP11.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees42This ZIP42
Annual payroll$1,128,000This ZIP$1,128,000
Tax returns filed440This ZIP440
Total adjusted gross income$34,752,000This ZIP$34,752,000

Land area

Land area55.48 sq miThis ZIP55.48 sq mi
Water area20.47 sq miThis ZIP20.47 sq mi

ZIP codes near 56578

ZIPCityDistance
56577 Richwood, MN 8.9 mi
56501 Detroit Lakes, MN 11.2 mi
56575 Ponsford, MN 12.0 mi
56544 Frazee, MN 12.8 mi
56502 Detroit Lakes, MN 12.9 mi
56569 Ogema, MN 12.9 mi
56521 Callaway, MN 12.9 mi
56570 Osage, MN 13.0 mi
56591 White Earth, MN 15.0 mi
56593 Wolf Lake, MN 16.6 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 56578 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56578?

56578 is in Rochert, Minnesota, in Becker County, part of the Detroit Lakes, MN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.9409, -95.6415.

What county is 56578 in?

56578 lies in Becker County.

What area code is 56578?

Rochert uses area code 218, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 56578 in?

56578 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 56578?

About 654 people live in ZIP code 56578, in 286 households, at 11.8 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 56578?

$90,000 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 56578?

The closest are 56577 (8.9 mi), 56501 (11.2 mi), 56575 (12 mi), 56544 (12.8 mi) and 56502 (12.9 mi).

Is 56578 a PO Box ZIP code?

56578 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “56578 ZIP Code — Rochert, Minnesota (Becker County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/56578

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/56578.json

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