Lake Hanska is a township in Brown County, Minnesota, home to about 276 people across 37 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 56041.
Homes sold for a median of $151 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a seller’s market.
Mostly Hanska; part is in Lake Hanska
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Lake Hanska. 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)80 miles away |
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| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Minneapolis, MN82 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL379 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Lake Hanska; 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.
Lake Hanska had 336 residents in the 2020 census, up 4% since 2000.
It’s the 1539th largest of 2,727 towns in Minnesota by population.
Brown County grew from 19,787 residents in 1900 to 25,912 in 2020.
Brown 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 7°F. About 31.1 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 38 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, New Ulm 2 Se, MN weather station (10 miles away).
12,995 jobs at 786 businesses in Brown 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 Lake Hanska.
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.
Grocery stores
Libraries (2 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 Hanska, Linden, Cottonwood Township and Albin.
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.