Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/70549

70549

ZIP 70549 is Lake Arthur, Louisiana, mostly in Jefferson Davis Parish; area code 337; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jefferson Davis +2 more
Metro area
Lake Charles, LA
Population
3,874
Coordinates
30.0468, -92.8330
☼ Live from 70549 — Lake Arthur, LA

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 70549 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 70549
  • 🔢 Type 70549 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhSOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 70549 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001001110010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70548 (Kaplan, LA, 30 mi away) and 70550 (Lawtell, LA, 50 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70549 becomes 94507 — and that is a real ZIP code: Alamo, CA, 1,749 miles away.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04579, 04957, 04975, 05479, 07495, 07945, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09754 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,837 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 63%.
  • 🎯750 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70549 and you would come out at 30.05°S, 87.17°E — 1,382 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 12m.
  • 📏 At 161.1 square miles of land, 70549 is bigger than 88% of ZIP codes — room for about 122 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 70549 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population3,874This ZIP3,874
Households1,514This ZIP1,514
Housing units1,845This ZIP1,845
Median age38.1This ZIP38.1Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$57,692This ZIP$57,692Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Median home value$115,100This ZIP$115,100Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$733This ZIP$733Louisiana$1,064US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.2%This ZIP13.2%
Mean commute43.9 minThis ZIP43.9 min
Population density24.0 / sq miThis ZIP24.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments54This ZIP54
Employees383This ZIP383
Annual payroll$14,699,000This ZIP$14,699,000
Tax returns filed1,480This ZIP1,480
Total adjusted gross income$91,880,000This ZIP$91,880,000

Land area

Land area161.13 sq miThis ZIP161.13 sq mi
Water area10.33 sq miThis ZIP10.33 sq mi

Counties 70549 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Jefferson Davis Parish 61.6%
Cameron Parish 38.0%
Calcasieu Parish 0.4%

Other place names in 70549

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

ZIP codes near 70549

ZIPCityDistance
70646 Hayes, LA 7.2 mi
70632 Creole, LA 11.6 mi
70630 Bell City, LA 13.6 mi
70650 Lacassine, LA 13.9 mi
70591 Welsh, LA 14.6 mi
70542 Gueydan, LA 15.1 mi
70581 Roanoke, LA 15.7 mi
70647 Iowa, LA 17.6 mi
70556 Mermentau, LA 17.9 mi
70546 Jennings, LA 17.9 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 70549 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70549?

70549 is in Lake Arthur, Louisiana, in Jefferson Davis Parish, part of the Lake Charles, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.0468, -92.8330.

What county is 70549 in?

70549 spans 3 counties: Jefferson Davis Parish, Cameron Parish and Calcasieu Parish. Most of it falls in Jefferson Davis 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 70549?

Lake Arthur uses area code 337, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 70549 in?

70549 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 70549?

About 3,874 people live in ZIP code 70549, in 1,514 households, at 24.0 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 70549?

$57,692 a year, against $60,756 across Louisiana.

What ZIP codes are near 70549?

The closest are 70646 (7.2 mi), 70632 (11.6 mi), 70630 (13.6 mi), 70650 (13.9 mi) and 70591 (14.6 mi).

Is 70549 a PO Box ZIP code?

70549 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “70549 ZIP Code — Lake Arthur, Louisiana (Jefferson Davis Parish).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/70549

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/70549.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.