Holmesville is a township in Becker County, Minnesota, home to about 580 people across 28 square miles. Its ZIP code is 56578, and parts of 56501 are in Holmesville too.
Homes sold for a median of $386 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a seller’s market.
Mostly Holmesville; also Height of Land and Erie
Mostly Detroit Lakes; part is in Holmesville
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Holmesville. 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)184 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Hector International Airport (FAR)50 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Minneapolis, MN178 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL529 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Holmesville; 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.
Holmesville had 543 residents in the 2020 census, up 19% since 2000.
It’s the 937th largest of 2,727 towns in Minnesota by population.
Becker County grew from 14,375 residents in 1900 to 35,183 in 2020.
Becker County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 79°F in summer, and winter lows average -4°F. About 29.6 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 48 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Detroit Lakes 1 Nne, MN weather station (4 miles away).
10,874 jobs at 956 businesses in Becker County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Holmesville.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Mental health providers | 1 |
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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.
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Counts are within about 3.5 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 Detroit Lakes, Lake View, Detroit, Erie, Lake Eunice, Richwood, Height of Land, Dunn, Shell Lake and Hamden.
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.