Lakeview is a township in Carlton County, Minnesota, home to about 238 people across 33 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 55787 and 55798.
Homes sold for a median of $329 per square foot across 2 ZIP codes in the three months ending August 2026, and all of them were seller’s markets.
Mostly Haugen; part is in Lakeview
Part is in Lakeview, part in Beseman and North Carlton UT
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Lakeview. 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)123 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Duluth International Airport (DLH)42 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Minneapolis, MN118 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL426 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Lakeview; 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.
Lakeview had 207 residents in the 2020 census, up 7% since 2000.
It’s the 1688th largest of 2,727 towns in Minnesota by population.
Carlton County grew from 10,017 residents in 1900 to 36,207 in 2020.
Carlton County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 76°F in summer, and winter lows average -3°F. About 31.1 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 59 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Wright 3 E, MN weather station (5 miles away).
7,855 jobs at 708 businesses in Carlton 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 Lakeview’s ZIP codes.
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.
Parks (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 Haugen, Clark Township (Aitkin County), Beseman, North Carlton UT, Wright City, Balsam Township (Aitkin County), Tamarack, Eagle, Prairie Lake and Northeast Aitkin UT.
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.