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70122

ZIP 70122 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
35,253
Coordinates
30.0085, -90.0647
☼ Live from 70122 — New Orleans, LA

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Where 70122 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 70122
  • 🔢 Type 70122 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZZIOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,122 = 2 × 3 × 13 × 29 × 31. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001000111101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70121 (New Orleans, LA, 7 mi away) and 70123 (New Orleans, LA, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70122 becomes 22107 — and that is a real ZIP code: Mc Lean, VA, 957 miles away.
  • 👥 37 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01227, 02127, 02217, 02712, 02721, 10272, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02217 in Boston, MA, 1,360 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 56%.
  • 🎯832 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70122 and you would come out at 30.01°S, 89.94°E — 1,310 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 6.3 square miles of land, 70122 is bigger than 21% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.8 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population35,253This ZIP35,253
Households15,178This ZIP15,178
Housing units17,179This ZIP17,179
Median age41.4This ZIP41.4Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$49,455This ZIP$49,455Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Median home value$283,900This ZIP$283,900Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,208This ZIP$1,208Louisiana$1,064US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher37.2%This ZIP37.2%
Mean commute21.3 minThis ZIP21.3 min
Population density5,623.4 / sq miThis ZIP5,623.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments416This ZIP416
Employees5,358This ZIP5,358
Annual payroll$254,806,000This ZIP$254,806,000
Tax returns filed14,690This ZIP14,690
Total adjusted gross income$920,836,000This ZIP$920,836,000

Land area

Land area6.27 sq miThis ZIP6.27 sq mi
Water area0.22 sq miThis ZIP0.22 sq mi

Other place names in 70122

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

ZIP codes near 70122

ZIPCityDistance
70148 New Orleans, LA 1.3 mi
70124 New Orleans, LA 2.3 mi
70119 New Orleans, LA 2.7 mi
70116 New Orleans, LA 2.8 mi
70126 New Orleans, LA 2.9 mi
70117 New Orleans, LA 3.5 mi
70112 New Orleans, LA 3.7 mi
70141 New Orleans, LA 3.8 mi
70142 New Orleans, LA 3.8 mi
70143 New Orleans, LA 3.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70122?

70122 is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish, part of the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.0085, -90.0647.

What county is 70122 in?

70122 lies in Orleans Parish.

What area code is 70122?

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

What time zone is 70122 in?

70122 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 70122?

About 35,253 people live in ZIP code 70122, in 15,178 households, at 5,623.4 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 70122?

$49,455 a year, against $60,756 across Louisiana.

What ZIP codes are near 70122?

The closest are 70148 (1.3 mi), 70124 (2.3 mi), 70119 (2.7 mi), 70116 (2.8 mi) and 70126 (2.9 mi).

Is 70122 a PO Box ZIP code?

70122 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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