Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — CITY/LA/POYDRAS

Poydras ZIP codes, Louisiana

No ZIP code is named for Poydras, LA; addresses there use a neighbouring town's name. 3 ZIP codes cover it: 70092, 70085 and 70040. Its area code is 504.

USPS city name
0 ZIP codes
Overlapping the city
3 more
Population
2,260
Area code
504

NANPA lists no telephone rate centre for Poydras itself, so these are the area codes of the nearest one, New Orleans (3.8 miles). A town on an area-code boundary can differ from its neighbour.

Poydras in numbers

About 2,260 people live in Poydras, in 907 households. The median household income is $59,105 a year, about the same as the Louisiana median of $60,756 (US: $80,734). The median owner-occupied home is valued at $132,800 (39% below the Louisiana median), and median gross rent is $1,114 a month. The median age is 36.5; 11.7% of adults 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher (27.0% across Louisiana); the average commute takes 40 minutes.

Population2,260Poydras2,260
Households907Poydras907
Median age36.5Poydras36.5Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$59,105Poydras$59,105Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Median home value$132,800Poydras$132,800Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,114Poydras$1,114Louisiana$1,064US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher11.7%Poydras11.7%Louisiana27.0%US 35.7%
Mean commute40.0 minPoydras40.0 minLouisiana25.7 minUS 26.4 min
Population density578 / sq miPoydras578 / sq mi

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, for the census place Poydras CDP. Survey estimates carry margins of error, wider for small places. Sources and methods.

ZIP codes covering Poydras

These ZIP codes cover part of Poydras but are addressed as somewhere else.

ZIP codes overlapping Poydras
ZIP City Type Population Median income Median home
70040 Braithwaite , LA Standard 1,056 $83,649 $159,100
70085 Saint Bernard , LA Standard 4,736 $55,167 $156,600
70092 Violet , LA Standard 6,936 $57,188 $166,600

Map of Poydras ZIP codes

700407008570092

The ZIP codes of Poydras, LA, shaded. Outlines are Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (2020), which approximate the mail routes; PO-box and single-address codes have no area and are not drawn. Click any area to open its ZIP code.

Towns near Poydras

The nearest larger towns are Violet (4,122 people, 2.6 mi), Meraux (7,918 people, 5.1 mi) and Belle Chasse (10,934 people, 7.0 mi).

Towns near Poydras
TownPopulationDistance
Violet 4,122 2.6 mi
Meraux 7,918 5.1 mi
Belle Chasse 10,934 7.0 mi
Chalmette 22,616 7.5 mi
Timberlane 10,886 8.6 mi
Terrytown 24,726 8.9 mi
Arabi 4,625 9.2 mi
Gretna 17,389 10.5 mi
Harvey 20,915 10.9 mi
Woodmere 11,879 11.5 mi
Estelle 16,341 12.5 mi
Marrero 32,540 13.7 mi
New Orleans 371,853 13.7 mi
Westwego 8,335 15.7 mi

More nearby: every ZIP code in St. Bernard Parish · Louisiana ZIP codes

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “Poydras, LA ZIP codes.” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/city/la/poydras

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.