ZIP Code 56435

ZIP code 56435, centered on Backus, sits in middle-income territory, with a median household income of $62,381 and per-capita income of $33,521. Home values run higher than the income figures might imply, averaging $256,800, yet property taxes stay low: the county-level effective rate of 0.56% means a house at that median value generates roughly $1,438 in annual property tax. Sales taxes add 7.38% at the register. Taken together, the area reads as a working- to middle-income community where housing costs are tempered by an unusually gentle property tax rate, though everyday purchases carry a fairly standard combined sales tax.