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70517

ZIP 70517 is Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, mostly in St. Martin Parish; area code 337; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
St. Martin +1 more
Metro area
Lafayette, LA
Population
26,024
Coordinates
30.2908, -91.7864
☼ Live from 70517 — Breaux Bridge, LA

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Where 70517 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 70517
  • 🔢 Type 70517 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LISOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,517 = 151 × 467. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001001101110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70516 (Branch, LA, 31 mi away) and 70518 (Broussard, LA, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70517 becomes 71507, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01757, 01775, 07175, 07715, 07751, 10577, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01775 in Stow, MA, 1,400 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 60%.
  • 🎯762 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70517 and you would come out at 30.29°S, 88.21°E — 1,369 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 168.6 square miles of land, 70517 is bigger than 88% of ZIP codes — room for about 128 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population26,024This ZIP26,024
Households9,586This ZIP9,586
Housing units11,779This ZIP11,779
Median age38.3This ZIP38.3Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$60,778This ZIP$60,778Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Median home value$162,100This ZIP$162,100Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$978This ZIP$978Louisiana$1,064US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.8%This ZIP16.8%
Mean commute27.0 minThis ZIP27.0 min
Population density154.3 / sq miThis ZIP154.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments465This ZIP465
Employees5,044This ZIP5,044
Annual payroll$236,810,000This ZIP$236,810,000
Tax returns filed11,430This ZIP11,430
Total adjusted gross income$662,111,000This ZIP$662,111,000

Land area

Land area168.62 sq miThis ZIP168.62 sq mi
Water area15.67 sq miThis ZIP15.67 sq mi

Counties 70517 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
St. Martin Parish 98.9%
Lafayette Parish 1.1%

Other place names in 70517

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

ZIP codes near 70517

ZIPCityDistance
70521 Cecilia, LA 4.9 mi
70582 Saint Martinville, LA 8.8 mi
70512 Arnaudville, LA 11.8 mi
70750 Krotz Springs, LA 12.0 mi
70501 Lafayette, LA 12.7 mi
70518 Broussard, LA 13.7 mi
70507 Lafayette, LA 14.4 mi
70502 Lafayette, LA 14.7 mi
70596 Lafayette, LA 14.7 mi
70504 Lafayette, LA 14.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70517?

70517 is in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, in St. Martin Parish, part of the Lafayette, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.2908, -91.7864.

What county is 70517 in?

70517 spans 2 counties: St. Martin Parish and Lafayette Parish. Most of it falls in St. Martin 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 70517?

Breaux Bridge uses area code 337, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 70517 in?

70517 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 70517?

About 26,024 people live in ZIP code 70517, in 9,586 households, at 154.3 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 70517?

$60,778 a year, against $60,756 across Louisiana.

What ZIP codes are near 70517?

The closest are 70521 (4.9 mi), 70582 (8.8 mi), 70512 (11.8 mi), 70750 (12 mi) and 70501 (12.7 mi).

Is 70517 a PO Box ZIP code?

70517 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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