Friendship is a township in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, home to about 145 people across 35 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 56223.
Homes sold for a median of $74 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a buyer’s market.
Mostly Clarkfield; part is in Friendship
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Friendship. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP)128 miles away |
|---|---|
| Closer regional airport | Watertown Regional Airport (ATY)66 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Minneapolis, MN126 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL457 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Friendship; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Friendship had 178 residents in the 2020 census, down 31% since 2000.
It’s the 2105th largest of 2,727 towns in Minnesota by population.
Yellow Medicine County grew from 14,602 residents in 1900 to 9,528 in 2020.
Yellow Medicine County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 82°F in summer, and winter lows average 2°F. About 29.7 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 46 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Montevideo 1sw, MN weather station (12 miles away).
3,603 jobs at 324 businesses in Yellow Medicine County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
3 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Friendship.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Dentists | 1 |
|---|---|
| Optometrists | 1 |
| Chiropractors | 1 |
| Pharmacies | 1 |
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Libraries (1 nearby)
Counts are within about 4 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Clarkfield, Lisbon, Normania, Swede Prairie and Tyro.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.