Nidaros is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, home to about 346 people across 31 square miles. Its ZIP code is 56524, and parts of 56588 are in Nidaros too.
Homes sold for a median of $215 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a seller’s market.
Mostly Nidaros; also Leaf Mountain and Clitherall City
Mostly Folden; part is in Nidaros
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Nidaros. 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)149 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD)70 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Minneapolis, MN143 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL497 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Nidaros; 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.
Nidaros had 356 residents in the 2020 census, up 12% since 2000.
It’s the 1359th largest of 2,727 towns in Minnesota by population.
Otter Tail County grew from 45,375 residents in 1900 to 60,081 in 2020.
Otter Tail 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 -2°F. About 28.2 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Ottertail, MN weather station (11 miles away).
18,813 jobs at 1,730 businesses in Otter Tail County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Nearest hospitals
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances.
Parks (2 nearby)
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 Leaf Mountain, Folden, Clitherall City, Vining, Girard, Clitherall Township, Effington, Henning Township and Urbank.
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.