Minnesota · Census place 2751424

Plainview, Minnesota

Plainview is a city in Wabasha County, Minnesota with an estimated 3,498 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 197th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,498
#197 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+0.5%
+18 people
Land area
2.1 sq mi
Density
1,635 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Plainview. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Measure from here

Tools and pages that start from Plainview

Plainview population, 2020 to 2024

Plainview added 18 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.5%. In the latest year it moved by -21.

3,48020203,49120213,51120223,51920233,4982024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,477. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Plainview covers 2.14 square miles of land, for 1,635 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Plainview is close to the typical town.

What county Plainview is in

All of Plainview's residents live in Wabasha County, which had 21,574 residents in 2024. Plainview holds 16.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Plainview

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Plainview by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55964. 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 Plainview is

The Census internal point of Plainview is at 44.164700, -92.169200. Saint Paul, the capital, is 71.3 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Charles, MN (4,057 people), 14.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, MN, 18.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.164700, -92.169200
DMS
44°09'52.92"N 92°10'9.12"W
UTM
15N 566424.2E 4890501.5N
Geohash
9zy7nxuqj
Plus code
86P95R7J+V8

Daylight in Plainview

At 44.16° N, Plainview gets about 15 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Plainview

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Elgin, 4.9 miles away, with 1,139 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Plainview, MN?

3,498 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 18 (0.5%) from 3,480 in July 2020.

What county is Plainview in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Plainview?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55964.

How far is Plainview from Saint Paul?

71.3 miles (114.8 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Plainview.

What is the nearest larger city to Plainview?

St. Charles, MN, with 4,057 residents, 14.6 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.