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70355

ZIP 70355 is Gheens, Louisiana, in Lafourche Parish; area code 985; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lafourche
Population
957
Coordinates
29.6872, -90.4355
☼ Live from 70355 — Gheens, LA

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Where 70355 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 70355
  • 🔢 Type 70355 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SSEOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,355 = 5 × 14071. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001001011010011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70354 (Galliano, LA, 19 mi away) and 70356 (Gibson, LA, 32 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70355 becomes 55307 — and that is a real ZIP code: Arlington, MN, 1,050 miles away.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03575, 03755, 05357, 05735, 05753, 30557, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03575 in Bretton Woods, NH, 1,451 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 57%.
  • 🎯839 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70355 and you would come out at 29.69°S, 89.56°E — 1,298 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 14m.
  • 📏 At 109.5 square miles of land, 70355 is bigger than 80% of ZIP codes — room for about 83 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population957This ZIP957
Households359This ZIP359
Housing units426This ZIP426
Median age33.5This ZIP33.5Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$56,188This ZIP$56,188Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Median home value$102,700This ZIP$102,700Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher5.4%This ZIP5.4%
Mean commute34.9 minThis ZIP34.9 min
Population density8.7 / sq miThis ZIP8.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Tax returns filed380This ZIP380
Total adjusted gross income$21,201,000This ZIP$21,201,000

Land area

Land area109.50 sq miThis ZIP109.50 sq mi
Water area4.26 sq miThis ZIP4.26 sq mi

ZIP codes near 70355

ZIPCityDistance
70375 Mathews, LA 5.8 mi
70374 Lockport, LA 7.0 mi
70030 Des Allemands, LA 9.1 mi
70373 Larose, LA 9.7 mi
70394 Raceland, LA 10.8 mi
70343 Bourg, LA 12.1 mi
70070 Luling, LA 12.4 mi
70080 Paradis, LA 12.7 mi
70039 Boutte, LA 13.6 mi
70364 Houma, LA 15.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70355?

70355 is in Gheens, Louisiana, in Lafourche Parish, part of the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.6872, -90.4355.

What county is 70355 in?

70355 lies in Lafourche Parish.

What area code is 70355?

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

What time zone is 70355 in?

70355 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 70355?

About 957 people live in ZIP code 70355, in 359 households, at 8.7 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 70355?

$56,188 a year, against $60,756 across Louisiana.

What ZIP codes are near 70355?

The closest are 70375 (5.8 mi), 70374 (7 mi), 70030 (9.1 mi), 70373 (9.7 mi) and 70394 (10.8 mi).

Is 70355 a PO Box ZIP code?

70355 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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