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70454

ZIP 70454 is Ponchatoula, Louisiana, in Tangipahoa Parish; area code 985; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Tangipahoa
Metro area
Hammond, LA
Population
34,564
Coordinates
30.3628, -90.3586
☼ Live from 70454 — Ponchatoula, LA

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Where 70454 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 70454
  • 🔢 Type 70454 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hShOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,454 = 2 × 35227. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001001100110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70453 (Pine Grove, LA, 34 mi away) and 70455 (Robert, LA, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70454 becomes 45407, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04457, 04475, 04547, 04574, 04745, 05447, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04745 in Frenchville, ME, 1,651 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 57%.
  • 🎯801 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70454 and you would come out at 30.36°S, 89.64°E — 1,339 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 11m.
  • 📏 At 174.6 square miles of land, 70454 is bigger than 89% of ZIP codes — room for about 133 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population34,564This ZIP34,564
Households13,278This ZIP13,278
Housing units14,672This ZIP14,672
Median age38.3This ZIP38.3Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$71,611This ZIP$71,611Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Median home value$233,700This ZIP$233,700Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,118This ZIP$1,118Louisiana$1,064US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.6%This ZIP20.6%
Mean commute30.8 minThis ZIP30.8 min
Population density198.0 / sq miThis ZIP198.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments427This ZIP427
Employees4,431This ZIP4,431
Annual payroll$191,147,000This ZIP$191,147,000
Tax returns filed15,170This ZIP15,170
Total adjusted gross income$1,046,491,000This ZIP$1,046,491,000

Land area

Land area174.57 sq miThis ZIP174.57 sq mi
Water area4.63 sq miThis ZIP4.63 sq mi

Other place names in 70454

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ZIP codes near 70454

ZIPCityDistance
70421 Akers, LA 5.6 mi
70447 Madisonville, LA 9.9 mi
70403 Hammond, LA 11.4 mi
70404 Hammond, LA 11.6 mi
70455 Robert, LA 11.7 mi
70402 Hammond, LA 12.5 mi
70401 Hammond, LA 13.1 mi
70462 Springfield, LA 13.3 mi
70433 Covington, LA 14.7 mi
70451 Natalbany, LA 14.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70454?

70454 is in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, in Tangipahoa Parish, part of the Hammond, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.3628, -90.3586.

What county is 70454 in?

70454 lies in Tangipahoa Parish.

What area code is 70454?

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

What time zone is 70454 in?

70454 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 70454?

About 34,564 people live in ZIP code 70454, in 13,278 households, at 198.0 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 70454?

$71,611 a year, against $60,756 across Louisiana.

What ZIP codes are near 70454?

The closest are 70421 (5.6 mi), 70447 (9.9 mi), 70403 (11.4 mi), 70404 (11.6 mi) and 70455 (11.7 mi).

Is 70454 a PO Box ZIP code?

70454 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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