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70131

ZIP 70131 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
25,151
Coordinates
29.9063, -89.9583
☼ Live from 70131 — New Orleans, LA

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Where 70131 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 70131
  • 🔢 Type 70131 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IEIOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,131 = 3 × 97 × 241. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001000111110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70130 (New Orleans, LA, 7 mi away) and 70139 (New Orleans, LA, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70131 becomes 13107 — and that is a real ZIP code: Maple View, NY, 1,206 miles away.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01731, 07311, 10173, 11370, 11703, 11730, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01731 in Hanscom Afb, MA, 1,350 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 56%.
  • 🎯841 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70131 and you would come out at 29.91°S, 90.04°E — 1,301 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 11.7 square miles of land, 70131 is bigger than 29% of ZIP codes — room for about 8.9 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population25,151This ZIP25,151
Households10,177This ZIP10,177
Housing units11,844This ZIP11,844
Median age40.0This ZIP40.0Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$62,389This ZIP$62,389Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Median home value$237,700This ZIP$237,700Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,069This ZIP$1,069Louisiana$1,064US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher38.8%This ZIP38.8%
Mean commute26.3 minThis ZIP26.3 min
Population density2,147.6 / sq miThis ZIP2,147.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments218This ZIP218
Employees2,224This ZIP2,224
Annual payroll$87,860,000This ZIP$87,860,000
Tax returns filed11,060This ZIP11,060
Total adjusted gross income$782,987,000This ZIP$782,987,000

Land area

Land area11.71 sq miThis ZIP11.71 sq mi
Water area3.05 sq miThis ZIP3.05 sq mi

Other place names in 70131

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

ZIP codes near 70131

ZIPCityDistance
70075 Meraux, LA 2.8 mi
70043 Chalmette, LA 3.5 mi
70092 Violet, LA 3.8 mi
70032 Arabi, LA 3.8 mi
70093 Belle Chasse, LA 4.0 mi
70044 Chalmette, LA 4.3 mi
70056 Gretna, LA 4.3 mi
70114 New Orleans, LA 4.9 mi
70053 Gretna, LA 5.7 mi
70054 Gretna, LA 5.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70131?

70131 is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish, part of the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.9063, -89.9583.

What county is 70131 in?

70131 lies in Orleans Parish.

What area code is 70131?

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

What time zone is 70131 in?

70131 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 70131?

About 25,151 people live in ZIP code 70131, in 10,177 households, at 2,147.6 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 70131?

$62,389 a year, against $60,756 across Louisiana.

What ZIP codes are near 70131?

The closest are 70075 (2.8 mi), 70043 (3.5 mi), 70092 (3.8 mi), 70032 (3.8 mi) and 70093 (4 mi).

Is 70131 a PO Box ZIP code?

70131 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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