Minnesota · Census place 2737304

Lindstrom, Minnesota

Lindstrom is a city in Chisago County, Minnesota with an estimated 5,026 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 154th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,026
#154 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+2.6%
+126 people
Land area
3.8 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
1,316 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Lindstrom. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Lindstrom population, 2020 to 2024

Lindstrom added 126 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.6%. In the latest year it moved by +16. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 57th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Lindstrom is 35% of it.

4,90020204,96820214,98020225,01020235,0262024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,891. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lindstrom covers 3.82 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 1,316 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Lindstrom is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lindstrom is in

All of Lindstrom's residents live in Chisago County, which had 59,105 residents in 2024. Lindstrom holds 8.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lindstrom

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lindstrom by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55045. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Lindstrom is

The Census internal point of Lindstrom is at 45.385800, -92.843700. Saint Paul, the capital, is 32.3 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chisago City, MN (5,953 people), 3.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 32.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.385800, -92.843700
DMS
45°23'8.88"N 92°50'37.32"W
UTM
15N 512235.9E 5025821.2N
Geohash
cbjfpq1r2
Plus code
86Q995P4+8G

Daylight in Lindstrom

At 45.39° N, Lindstrom gets about 15 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lindstrom

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Chisago City, 3.7 miles away, with 5,953 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lindstrom, MN?

5,026 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 126 (2.6%) from 4,900 in July 2020.

What county is Lindstrom in?

Chisago County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Lindstrom?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55045.

How far is Lindstrom from Saint Paul?

32.3 miles (52.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Lindstrom.

What is the nearest larger city to Lindstrom?

Chisago City, MN, with 5,953 residents, 3.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.