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70051

ZIP 70051 is Garyville, Louisiana, in St. John the Baptist Parish; area code 985; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
Population
1,878
Coordinates
30.0735, -90.6428
☼ Live from 70051 — Garyville, LA

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Where 70051 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 70051
  • 🔢 Type 70051 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ISOOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 70051 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001000110100011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70050 (Empire, LA, 79 mi away) and 70052 (Gramercy, LA, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70051 becomes 15007 — and that is a real ZIP code: Bakerstown, PA, 946 miles away.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00715, 00751, 01057, 01075, 01507, 01570, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00751 in Salinas, PR, 1,744 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 58%.
  • 🎯809 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70051 and you would come out at 30.07°S, 89.36°E — 1,327 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 12m.
  • 📏 At 8.1 square miles of land, 70051 is bigger than 24% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,878This ZIP1,878
Households669This ZIP669
Housing units777This ZIP777
Median age42.6This ZIP42.6Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$87,888This ZIP$87,888Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Median home value$169,900This ZIP$169,900Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,078This ZIP$1,078Louisiana$1,064US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher5.3%This ZIP5.3%
Mean commute25.2 minThis ZIP25.2 min
Population density232.5 / sq miThis ZIP232.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments29This ZIP29
Employees2,208This ZIP2,208
Annual payroll$223,201,000This ZIP$223,201,000
Tax returns filed800This ZIP800
Total adjusted gross income$43,847,000This ZIP$43,847,000

Land area

Land area8.08 sq miThis ZIP8.08 sq mi
Water area0.25 sq miThis ZIP0.25 sq mi

Other place names in 70051

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

ZIP codes near 70051

ZIPCityDistance
70076 Mount Airy, LA 1.4 mi
70052 Gramercy, LA 2.7 mi
70071 Lutcher, LA 3.9 mi
70084 Reserve, LA 4.2 mi
70049 Edgard, LA 5.7 mi
70763 Paulina, LA 5.9 mi
70090 Vacherie, LA 8.0 mi
70743 Hester, LA 8.3 mi
70069 La Place, LA 9.6 mi
70792 Uncle Sam, LA 10.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70051?

70051 is in Garyville, Louisiana, in St. John the Baptist Parish, part of the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.0735, -90.6428.

What county is 70051 in?

70051 lies in St. John the Baptist Parish.

What area code is 70051?

Garyville uses area code 985, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 70051 in?

70051 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 70051?

About 1,878 people live in ZIP code 70051, in 669 households, at 232.5 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 70051?

$87,888 a year, against $60,756 across Louisiana.

What ZIP codes are near 70051?

The closest are 70076 (1.4 mi), 70052 (2.7 mi), 70071 (3.9 mi), 70084 (4.2 mi) and 70049 (5.7 mi).

Is 70051 a PO Box ZIP code?

70051 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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