Goose Prairie is a township in Clay County, Minnesota, home to about 142 people across 35 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 56552 and 56585.
Homes sold for a median of $125 per square foot across 2 ZIP codes in the three months ending August 2026, and 1 of 2 were seller’s markets.
Population1424 per sq mi
Median home value$322,700Census, as estimated by owners
Price per sq ft$125Sold homes, 3 months to August 2026
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Goose Prairie. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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Around Goose Prairie
Distances
Nearest major airport
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP)210 miles away
Closer regional airport
Hector International Airport (FAR)26 miles away
Nearest city of 250,000+
Minneapolis, MN204 miles away
Nearest city of 1 million+
Chicago, IL556 miles away
Straight-line distances from the center of Goose Prairie; 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.
Population over time
Goose Prairie had 200 residents in the 2020 census, up 1% since 2000.
It’s the 2120th largest of 2,727 towns in Minnesota by population.
Clay County grew from 17,942 residents in 1900 to 65,318 in 2020.
Clay County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Weather by month
Average highs peak around 81°F in summer, and winter lows average -4°F. About 25.1 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Ada, MN weather station (20 miles away).
Jobs in Clay County
16,761 jobs at 1,306 businesses in Clay County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Health care
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Goose Prairie’s ZIP codes.
Nearest hospitals
Essentia Health AdaCritical access hospital · emergency room · Ada20.7 miles
Fargo Va Medical CenterVA hospital · emergency room · CMS rating 5 of 5 · Fargo25.2 miles
Sanford Medical Center FargoGeneral hospital · emergency room · CMS rating 4 of 5 · Fargo26.2 miles
Providers with an office here
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants
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.
Places in and around Goose Prairie
Parks (1 nearby)
Viking Sword Park · 12 acres3.0 mi
Grocery stores (1 nearby)
Dale's Grocery2.4 mi
Pharmacies (1 nearby)
Wahl Drug2.6 mi
Libraries (1 nearby)
Ulen LINK Site2.4 mi
Museums (1 nearby)
Viking Sword Museum2.5 mi
Counts are within about 4 miles of the center of town.
Public schools here are run by Ulen-Hitterdal Public School Dist. Check each district’s attendance zones for a specific address.
Public schools(2)
School
Grades
Students
Type
Distance
Ulen-Hitterdal ElementaryUlen
K–6
144
Public
2.4 mi
Ulen-Hitterdal SecondaryUlen
7–12
158
Public
2.4 mi
Source: U.S. Department of Education, NCES: Common Core of Data (2024-2025) for public schools. Listed by address; we don’t rate schools.
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