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70040

ZIP 70040 is Braithwaite, Louisiana, mostly in Plaquemines Parish; area code 504; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Plaquemines +1 more
Population
1,056
Coordinates
29.7402, -89.9226
☼ Live from 70040 — Braithwaite, LA

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Where 70040 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 70040
  • 🔢 Type 70040 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhOOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,040 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 17 × 103. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001000110011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70039 (Boutte, LA, 29 mi away) and 70041 (Buras, LA, 39 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70040 becomes 04007 — and that is a real ZIP code: Biddeford, ME, 1,428 miles away.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00704, 00740, 04007, 04070, 07004, 07040, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00740 in Puerto Real, PR, 1,718 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 56%.
  • 🎯852 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70040 and you would come out at 29.74°S, 90.08°E — 1,290 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 14m.
  • 📏 At 94.8 square miles of land, 70040 is bigger than 76% of ZIP codes — room for about 72 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,056This ZIP1,056
Households455This ZIP455
Housing units509This ZIP509
Median age50.1This ZIP50.1Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$83,649This ZIP$83,649Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Median home value$159,100This ZIP$159,100Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher14.4%This ZIP14.4%
Mean commute41.3 minThis ZIP41.3 min
Population density11.1 / sq miThis ZIP11.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments15This ZIP15
Employees298This ZIP298
Annual payroll$24,616,000This ZIP$24,616,000
Tax returns filed500This ZIP500
Total adjusted gross income$24,159,000This ZIP$24,159,000

Land area

Land area94.79 sq miThis ZIP94.79 sq mi
Water area24.68 sq miThis ZIP24.68 sq mi

Counties 70040 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Plaquemines Parish 99.2%
St. Bernard Parish 0.8%

Other place names in 70040

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 70040

ZIPCityDistance
70037 Belle Chasse, LA 7.0 mi
70093 Belle Chasse, LA 8.9 mi
70067 Lafitte, LA 10.6 mi
70181 New Orleans, LA 10.9 mi
70092 Violet, LA 11.1 mi
70085 Saint Bernard, LA 11.2 mi
70131 New Orleans, LA 11.7 mi
70056 Gretna, LA 12.0 mi
70058 Harvey, LA 12.3 mi
70075 Meraux, LA 12.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70040?

70040 is in Braithwaite, Louisiana, in Plaquemines Parish, part of the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.7402, -89.9226.

What county is 70040 in?

70040 spans 2 counties: Plaquemines Parish and St. Bernard Parish. Most of it falls in Plaquemines Parish, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 70040?

Braithwaite uses area code 504, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 70040 in?

70040 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 70040?

About 1,056 people live in ZIP code 70040, in 455 households, at 11.1 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 70040?

$83,649 a year, against $60,756 across Louisiana.

What ZIP codes are near 70040?

The closest are 70037 (7 mi), 70093 (8.9 mi), 70067 (10.6 mi), 70181 (10.9 mi) and 70092 (11.1 mi).

Is 70040 a PO Box ZIP code?

70040 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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