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70551

ZIP 70551 is Leonville, Louisiana, in St. Landry Parish; area code 337; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
St. Landry
Metro area
Opelousas, LA
Population
570
Coordinates
30.4619, -91.9835
☼ Live from 70551 — Leonville, LA

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Where 70551 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 70551
  • 🔢 Type 70551 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ISSOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,551 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 13 × 67. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001001110010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70550 (Lawtell, LA, 13 mi away) and 70552 (Loreauville, LA, 35 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70551 becomes 15507, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05751, 15057, 15075, 15705, 15750, 17055, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05751 in Killington, VT, 1,391 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 61%.
  • 🎯746 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70551 and you would come out at 30.46°S, 88.02°E — 1,385 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 0.667 square miles of land, 70551 is bigger than 6% of ZIP codes — about 323 football fields.
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People and housing

Population570This ZIP570
Households138This ZIP138
Housing units162This ZIP162
Median age28.4This ZIP28.4Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$44,924This ZIP$44,924Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Bachelor's degree or higher2.8%This ZIP2.8%
Mean commute25.8 minThis ZIP25.8 min
Population density854.6 / sq miThis ZIP854.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees42This ZIP42
Annual payroll$586,000This ZIP$586,000

Land area

Land area0.67 sq miThis ZIP0.67 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 70551

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

ZIP codes near 70551

ZIPCityDistance
70541 Grand Coteau, LA 4.5 mi
70512 Arnaudville, LA 4.9 mi
70577 Port Barre, LA 7.2 mi
70571 Opelousas, LA 7.7 mi
70570 Opelousas, LA 8.8 mi
70584 Sunset, LA 9.3 mi
70520 Carencro, LA 9.6 mi
70750 Krotz Springs, LA 11.7 mi
70521 Cecilia, LA 11.8 mi
70550 Lawtell, LA 12.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70551?

70551 is in Leonville, Louisiana, in St. Landry Parish, part of the Opelousas, LA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.4619, -91.9835.

What county is 70551 in?

70551 lies in St. Landry Parish.

What area code is 70551?

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

What time zone is 70551 in?

70551 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 70551?

About 570 people live in ZIP code 70551, in 138 households, at 854.6 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 70551?

$44,924 a year, against $60,756 across Louisiana.

What ZIP codes are near 70551?

The closest are 70541 (4.5 mi), 70512 (4.9 mi), 70577 (7.2 mi), 70571 (7.7 mi) and 70570 (8.8 mi).

Is 70551 a PO Box ZIP code?

70551 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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