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70118

ZIP 70118 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
36,072
Coordinates
29.9447, -90.1257
☼ Live from 70118 — New Orleans, LA

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Where 70118 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 70118
  • 🔢 Type 70118 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BIIOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,118 = 2 × 35059. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001000111100110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70117 (New Orleans, LA, 6 mi away) and 70119 (New Orleans, LA, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70118 becomes 81107, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01718, 10178, 11780, 17018, 17081, 17108, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01718 in Acton, MA, 1,351 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 56%.
  • 🎯833 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70118 and you would come out at 29.94°S, 89.87°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 4.6 square miles of land, 70118 is bigger than 18% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population36,072This ZIP36,072
Households12,831This ZIP12,831
Housing units15,752This ZIP15,752
Median age31.8This ZIP31.8Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$63,750This ZIP$63,750Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Median home value$465,600This ZIP$465,600Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,333This ZIP$1,333Louisiana$1,064US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher52.4%This ZIP52.4%
Mean commute18.4 minThis ZIP18.4 min
Population density7,797.7 / sq miThis ZIP7,797.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments685This ZIP685
Employees16,969This ZIP16,969
Annual payroll$950,482,000This ZIP$950,482,000
Tax returns filed11,420This ZIP11,420
Total adjusted gross income$1,517,971,000This ZIP$1,517,971,000

Land area

Land area4.63 sq miThis ZIP4.63 sq mi
Water area0.69 sq miThis ZIP0.69 sq mi

Other place names in 70118

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

ZIP codes near 70118

ZIPCityDistance
70125 New Orleans, LA 1.4 mi
70115 New Orleans, LA 2.0 mi
70121 New Orleans, LA 2.3 mi
70113 New Orleans, LA 2.5 mi
70096 Westwego, LA 2.9 mi
70112 New Orleans, LA 3.0 mi
70163 New Orleans, LA 3.0 mi
70141 New Orleans, LA 3.1 mi
70142 New Orleans, LA 3.1 mi
70143 New Orleans, LA 3.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70118?

70118 is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish, part of the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.9447, -90.1257.

What county is 70118 in?

70118 lies in Orleans Parish.

What area code is 70118?

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

What time zone is 70118 in?

70118 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 70118?

About 36,072 people live in ZIP code 70118, in 12,831 households, at 7,797.7 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 70118?

$63,750 a year, against $60,756 across Louisiana.

What ZIP codes are near 70118?

The closest are 70125 (1.4 mi), 70115 (2 mi), 70121 (2.3 mi), 70113 (2.5 mi) and 70096 (2.9 mi).

Is 70118 a PO Box ZIP code?

70118 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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