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70123

ZIP 70123 is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Jefferson Parish; area code 504; Central time. New Orleans has 61 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jefferson
Population
27,386
Coordinates
29.9500, -90.2056
☼ Live from 70123 — New Orleans, LA

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Where 70123 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 70123
  • 🔢 Type 70123 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EZIOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 70123 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001000111101011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70122 (New Orleans, LA, 9 mi away) and 70124 (New Orleans, LA, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70123 becomes 32107, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 63 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01237, 02137, 02713, 03217, 10273, 12037, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03217 in Ashland, NH, 1,394 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 57%.
  • 🎯830 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70123 and you would come out at 29.95°S, 89.79°E — 1,309 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 7.6 square miles of land, 70123 is bigger than 24% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.8 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population27,386This ZIP27,386
Households13,635This ZIP13,635
Housing units14,624This ZIP14,624
Median age43.3This ZIP43.3Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$83,585This ZIP$83,585Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Median home value$348,100This ZIP$348,100Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,390This ZIP$1,390Louisiana$1,064US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher45.1%This ZIP45.1%
Mean commute22.0 minThis ZIP22.0 min
Population density3,612.5 / sq miThis ZIP3,612.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,336This ZIP1,336
Employees25,160This ZIP25,160
Annual payroll$1,599,954,000This ZIP$1,599,954,000
Tax returns filed13,060This ZIP13,060
Total adjusted gross income$1,292,807,000This ZIP$1,292,807,000

Land area

Land area7.58 sq miThis ZIP7.58 sq mi
Water area1.49 sq miThis ZIP1.49 sq mi

Other place names in 70123

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

ZIP codes near 70123

ZIPCityDistance
70094 Westwego, LA 2.4 mi
70121 New Orleans, LA 2.9 mi
70001 Metairie, LA 3.1 mi
70097 Kenner, LA 3.5 mi
70003 Metairie, LA 3.5 mi
70063 Kenner, LA 3.7 mi
70064 Kenner, LA 3.7 mi
70004 Metairie, LA 3.9 mi
70009 Metairie, LA 3.9 mi
70010 Metairie, LA 3.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70123?

70123 is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Jefferson Parish, part of the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.9500, -90.2056.

What county is 70123 in?

70123 lies in Jefferson Parish.

What area code is 70123?

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

What time zone is 70123 in?

70123 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 70123?

About 27,386 people live in ZIP code 70123, in 13,635 households, at 3,612.5 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 70123?

$83,585 a year, against $60,756 across Louisiana.

What ZIP codes are near 70123?

The closest are 70094 (2.4 mi), 70121 (2.9 mi), 70001 (3.1 mi), 70097 (3.5 mi) and 70003 (3.5 mi).

Is 70123 a PO Box ZIP code?

70123 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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