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70116

ZIP 70116 is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish; area code 504; Central time. New Orleans has 61 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Orleans
Population
10,404
Coordinates
29.9674, -90.0648
☼ Live from 70116 — New Orleans, LA

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Where 70116 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 70116
  • 🔢 Type 70116 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIIOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,116 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5843. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001000111100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70115 (New Orleans, LA, 4 mi away) and 70117 (New Orleans, LA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70116 becomes 61107 — and that is a real ZIP code: Rockford, IL, 853 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (06117, 10167, 10176, 11706, 11760, 16017, …). The farthest-flung twin is 06117 in West Hartford, CT, 1,263 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 56%.
  • 🎯834 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70116 and you would come out at 29.97°S, 89.94°E — 1,307 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 13m.
  • 📏 At 1.3 square miles of land, 70116 is bigger than 9% of ZIP codes — about 613 football fields.
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People and housing

Population10,404This ZIP10,404
Households5,950This ZIP5,950
Housing units9,851This ZIP9,851
Median age47.6This ZIP47.6Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$52,306This ZIP$52,306Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Median home value$386,500This ZIP$386,500Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,270This ZIP$1,270Louisiana$1,064US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher51.5%This ZIP51.5%
Mean commute19.9 minThis ZIP19.9 min
Population density8,211.5 / sq miThis ZIP8,211.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments427This ZIP427
Employees4,516This ZIP4,516
Annual payroll$167,579,000This ZIP$167,579,000
Tax returns filed4,250This ZIP4,250
Total adjusted gross income$319,611,000This ZIP$319,611,000

Land area

Land area1.27 sq miThis ZIP1.27 sq mi
Water area0.13 sq miThis ZIP0.13 sq mi

Other place names in 70116

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

ZIP codes near 70116

ZIPCityDistance
70141 New Orleans, LA 1.1 mi
70142 New Orleans, LA 1.1 mi
70143 New Orleans, LA 1.1 mi
70145 New Orleans, LA 1.1 mi
70146 New Orleans, LA 1.1 mi
70150 New Orleans, LA 1.1 mi
70151 New Orleans, LA 1.1 mi
70152 New Orleans, LA 1.1 mi
70153 New Orleans, LA 1.1 mi
70154 New Orleans, LA 1.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70116?

70116 is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish, part of the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.9674, -90.0648.

What county is 70116 in?

70116 lies in Orleans Parish.

What area code is 70116?

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

What time zone is 70116 in?

70116 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 70116?

About 10,404 people live in ZIP code 70116, in 5,950 households, at 8,211.5 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 70116?

$52,306 a year, against $60,756 across Louisiana.

What ZIP codes are near 70116?

The closest are 70141 (1.1 mi), 70142 (1.1 mi), 70143 (1.1 mi), 70145 (1.1 mi) and 70146 (1.1 mi).

Is 70116 a PO Box ZIP code?

70116 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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