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70071

ZIP 70071 is Lutcher, Louisiana, in St. James Parish; area code 225; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
St. James
Population
3,018
Coordinates
30.0519, -90.7033
☼ Live from 70071 — Lutcher, LA

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Where 70071 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 70071
  • 🔢 Type 70071 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILOOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,071 = 3 × 23357. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001000110110111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70070 (Luling, LA, 28 mi away) and 70072 (Marrero, LA, 38 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70071 becomes 17007 — and that is a real ZIP code: Boiling Springs, PA, 1,035 miles away.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00717, 00771, 01077, 01770, 07017, 07071, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00771 in Las Piedras, PR, 1,762 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 70071 and you would come out at 30.05°S, 89.30°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 2.0 square miles of land, 70071 is bigger than 12% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,018This ZIP3,018
Households1,151This ZIP1,151
Housing units1,442This ZIP1,442
Median age50.9This ZIP50.9Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$60,569This ZIP$60,569Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Median home value$222,100This ZIP$222,100Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,712This ZIP$1,712Louisiana$1,064US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.5%This ZIP16.5%
Mean commute22.8 minThis ZIP22.8 min
Population density1,512.8 / sq miThis ZIP1,512.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments69This ZIP69
Employees958This ZIP958
Annual payroll$43,723,000This ZIP$43,723,000
Tax returns filed1,300This ZIP1,300
Total adjusted gross income$78,052,000This ZIP$78,052,000

Land area

Land area2.00 sq miThis ZIP2.00 sq mi
Water area0.21 sq miThis ZIP0.21 sq mi

Other place names in 70071

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

ZIP codes near 70071

ZIPCityDistance
70052 Gramercy, LA 1.6 mi
70763 Paulina, LA 2.0 mi
70076 Mount Airy, LA 3.2 mi
70051 Garyville, LA 3.9 mi
70743 Hester, LA 4.4 mi
70090 Vacherie, LA 5.7 mi
70792 Uncle Sam, LA 6.2 mi
70084 Reserve, LA 7.9 mi
70723 Convent, LA 8.2 mi
70049 Edgard, LA 8.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70071?

70071 is in Lutcher, Louisiana, in St. James Parish, part of the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.0519, -90.7033.

What county is 70071 in?

70071 lies in St. James Parish.

What area code is 70071?

Lutcher uses area code 225, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 70071 in?

70071 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 70071?

About 3,018 people live in ZIP code 70071, in 1,151 households, at 1,512.8 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 70071?

$60,569 a year, against $60,756 across Louisiana.

What ZIP codes are near 70071?

The closest are 70052 (1.6 mi), 70763 (2 mi), 70076 (3.2 mi), 70051 (3.9 mi) and 70743 (4.4 mi).

Is 70071 a PO Box ZIP code?

70071 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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