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70343

ZIP 70343 is Bourg, Louisiana, mostly in Lafourche Parish; area code 985; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lafourche +1 more
Population
5,280
Coordinates
29.5484, -90.5572
☼ Live from 70343 — Bourg, LA

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Where 70343 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 70343
  • 🔢 Type 70343 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhEOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,343 = 7 × 13 × 773. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001001011000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70342 (Berwick, LA, 42 mi away) and 70344 (Chauvin, LA, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70343 becomes 34307, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03743, 04733, 30374, 30473, 30734, 33074, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34037 in APO AA, a military post office, 2,016 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 58%.
  • 🎯843 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70343 and you would come out at 29.55°S, 89.44°E — 1,292 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 02m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 15m.
  • 📏 At 22.9 square miles of land, 70343 is bigger than 40% of ZIP codes — room for about 17 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,280This ZIP5,280
Households1,961This ZIP1,961
Housing units2,052This ZIP2,052
Median age39.7This ZIP39.7Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$73,815This ZIP$73,815Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Median home value$203,900This ZIP$203,900Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,332This ZIP$1,332Louisiana$1,064US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.6%This ZIP18.6%
Mean commute25.2 minThis ZIP25.2 min
Population density230.7 / sq miThis ZIP230.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments67This ZIP67
Employees1,001This ZIP1,001
Annual payroll$80,023,000This ZIP$80,023,000
Tax returns filed2,090This ZIP2,090
Total adjusted gross income$174,215,000This ZIP$174,215,000

Land area

Land area22.89 sq miThis ZIP22.89 sq mi
Water area0.49 sq miThis ZIP0.49 sq mi

Counties 70343 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Lafourche Parish 50.6%
Terrebonne Parish 49.4%

Other place names in 70343

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ZIP codes near 70343

ZIPCityDistance
70374 Lockport, LA 5.1 mi
70377 Montegut, LA 6.3 mi
70363 Houma, LA 9.1 mi
70364 Houma, LA 9.5 mi
70361 Houma, LA 10.3 mi
70375 Mathews, LA 10.3 mi
70394 Raceland, LA 10.6 mi
70344 Chauvin, LA 11.1 mi
70355 Gheens, LA 12.1 mi
70360 Houma, LA 15.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70343?

70343 is in Bourg, Louisiana, in Lafourche Parish, part of the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.5484, -90.5572.

What county is 70343 in?

70343 spans 2 counties: Lafourche Parish and Terrebonne Parish. Most of it falls in Lafourche Parish, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 70343?

Bourg uses area code 985, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 70343 in?

70343 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 70343?

About 5,280 people live in ZIP code 70343, in 1,961 households, at 230.7 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 70343?

$73,815 a year, against $60,756 across Louisiana.

What ZIP codes are near 70343?

The closest are 70374 (5.1 mi), 70377 (6.3 mi), 70363 (9.1 mi), 70364 (9.5 mi) and 70361 (10.3 mi).

Is 70343 a PO Box ZIP code?

70343 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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