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70462

ZIP 70462 is Springfield, Louisiana, mostly in Livingston Parish; area code 225; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Livingston +1 more
Metro area
Baton Rouge, LA
Population
5,593
Coordinates
30.3763, -90.5807
☼ Live from 70462 — Springfield, LA

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Where 70462 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 70462
  • 🔢 Type 70462 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZghOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,462 = 2 × 7 × 7 × 719. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001001100111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70461 (Slidell, LA, 53 mi away) and 70463 (Sun, LA, 45 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70462 becomes 26407, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02467, 02476, 02647, 02746, 02764, 04267, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04762 in New Sweden, ME, 1,657 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 58%.
  • 🎯794 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70462 and you would come out at 30.38°S, 89.42°E — 1,345 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 11m.
  • 📏 At 79.6 square miles of land, 70462 is bigger than 72% of ZIP codes — room for about 60 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,593This ZIP5,593
Households2,225This ZIP2,225
Housing units3,058This ZIP3,058
Median age45.4This ZIP45.4Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$68,045This ZIP$68,045Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Median home value$228,600This ZIP$228,600Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,820This ZIP$1,820Louisiana$1,064US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.1%This ZIP19.1%
Mean commute42.0 minThis ZIP42.0 min
Population density70.3 / sq miThis ZIP70.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments78This ZIP78
Employees466This ZIP466
Annual payroll$14,220,000This ZIP$14,220,000
Tax returns filed2,610This ZIP2,610
Total adjusted gross income$201,083,000This ZIP$201,083,000

Land area

Land area79.61 sq miThis ZIP79.61 sq mi
Water area1.70 sq miThis ZIP1.70 sq mi

Counties 70462 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Livingston Parish 99.3%
Tangipahoa Parish 0.7%

Other place names in 70462

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ZIP codes near 70462

ZIPCityDistance
70449 Maurepas, LA 8.9 mi
70403 Hammond, LA 9.4 mi
70711 Albany, LA 10.3 mi
70754 Livingston, LA 10.3 mi
70404 Hammond, LA 11.3 mi
70402 Hammond, LA 11.7 mi
70421 Akers, LA 12.2 mi
70401 Hammond, LA 13.2 mi
70454 Ponchatoula, LA 13.3 mi
70451 Natalbany, LA 13.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70462?

70462 is in Springfield, Louisiana, in Livingston Parish, part of the Baton Rouge, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.3763, -90.5807.

What county is 70462 in?

70462 spans 2 counties: Livingston Parish and Tangipahoa Parish. Most of it falls in Livingston 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 70462?

Springfield uses area code 225, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 70462 in?

70462 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 70462?

About 5,593 people live in ZIP code 70462, in 2,225 households, at 70.3 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 70462?

$68,045 a year, against $60,756 across Louisiana.

What ZIP codes are near 70462?

The closest are 70449 (8.9 mi), 70403 (9.4 mi), 70711 (10.3 mi), 70754 (10.3 mi) and 70404 (11.3 mi).

Is 70462 a PO Box ZIP code?

70462 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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