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70090

ZIP 70090 is Vacherie, Louisiana, mostly in St. James Parish; area code 225; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
St. James +1 more
Population
6,447
Coordinates
29.9693, -90.7011
☼ Live from 70090 — Vacherie, LA

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Where 70090 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 70090
  • 🔢 Type 70090 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OGOOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,090 = 2 × 5 × 43 × 163. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001000111001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70087 (Saint Rose, LA, 23 mi away) and 70091 (Venice, LA, 105 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70090 becomes 09007 — and that is a real ZIP code: APO AE, a military post office, 5,065 miles away.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00907, 00970, 07009, 07090, 09007, 09070, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09070 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,154 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 58%.
  • 🎯814 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70090 and you would come out at 29.97°S, 89.30°E — 1,322 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 13m.
  • 📏 At 79.0 square miles of land, 70090 is bigger than 72% of ZIP codes — room for about 60 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,447This ZIP6,447
Households2,705This ZIP2,705
Housing units3,091This ZIP3,091
Median age43.5This ZIP43.5Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$61,654This ZIP$61,654Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Median home value$208,800This ZIP$208,800Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$644This ZIP$644Louisiana$1,064US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher25.6%This ZIP25.6%
Mean commute32.1 minThis ZIP32.1 min
Population density81.6 / sq miThis ZIP81.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments72This ZIP72
Employees797This ZIP797
Annual payroll$44,381,000This ZIP$44,381,000
Tax returns filed3,320This ZIP3,320
Total adjusted gross income$213,023,000This ZIP$213,023,000

Land area

Land area79.04 sq miThis ZIP79.04 sq mi
Water area4.04 sq miThis ZIP4.04 sq mi

Counties 70090 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
St. James Parish 61.1%
St. John the Baptist Parish 38.9%

Other place names in 70090

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

ZIP codes near 70090

ZIPCityDistance
70743 Hester, LA 5.7 mi
70071 Lutcher, LA 5.7 mi
70763 Paulina, LA 5.9 mi
70076 Mount Airy, LA 6.6 mi
70052 Gramercy, LA 7.0 mi
70792 Uncle Sam, LA 7.3 mi
70051 Garyville, LA 8.0 mi
70049 Edgard, LA 9.3 mi
70371 Kraemer, LA 9.5 mi
70723 Convent, LA 10.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70090?

70090 is in Vacherie, Louisiana, in St. James Parish, part of the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.9693, -90.7011.

What county is 70090 in?

70090 spans 2 counties: St. James Parish and St. John the Baptist Parish. Most of it falls in St. James 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 70090?

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

What time zone is 70090 in?

70090 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 70090?

About 6,447 people live in ZIP code 70090, in 2,705 households, at 81.6 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 70090?

$61,654 a year, against $60,756 across Louisiana.

What ZIP codes are near 70090?

The closest are 70743 (5.7 mi), 70071 (5.7 mi), 70763 (5.9 mi), 70076 (6.6 mi) and 70052 (7 mi).

Is 70090 a PO Box ZIP code?

70090 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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