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70559

ZIP 70559 is Morse, Louisiana, in Acadia Parish; area code 337; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Acadia
Metro area
Lafayette, LA
Population
2,699
Coordinates
30.1393, -92.5081
☼ Live from 70559 — Morse, LA

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Where 70559 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 70559
  • 🔢 Type 70559 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSSOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,559 = 37 × 1907. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001001110011111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70558 (Milton, LA, 26 mi away) and 70560 (New Iberia, LA, 41 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70559 becomes 95507, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05759, 50579, 50597, 55079, 55709, 55790, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95570 in Trinidad, CA, 1,915 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 62%.
  • 🎯752 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70559 and you would come out at 30.14°S, 87.49°E — 1,379 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 85.2 square miles of land, 70559 is bigger than 74% of ZIP codes — room for about 65 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,699This ZIP2,699
Households849This ZIP849
Housing units1,124This ZIP1,124
Median age33.4This ZIP33.4Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$71,563This ZIP$71,563Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Median home value$86,100This ZIP$86,100Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$485This ZIP$485Louisiana$1,064US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher10.4%This ZIP10.4%
Mean commute36.0 minThis ZIP36.0 min
Population density31.7 / sq miThis ZIP31.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments19This ZIP19
Employees67This ZIP67
Annual payroll$3,771,000This ZIP$3,771,000
Tax returns filed910This ZIP910
Total adjusted gross income$50,966,000This ZIP$50,966,000

Land area

Land area85.20 sq miThis ZIP85.20 sq mi
Water area0.81 sq miThis ZIP0.81 sq mi

Other place names in 70559

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ZIP codes near 70559

ZIPCityDistance
70534 Estherwood, LA 3.7 mi
70556 Mermentau, LA 5.7 mi
70531 Egan, LA 6.4 mi
70537 Evangeline, LA 8.6 mi
70526 Crowley, LA 9.2 mi
70542 Gueydan, LA 10.1 mi
70546 Jennings, LA 13.2 mi
70543 Iota, LA 13.6 mi
70527 Crowley, LA 13.8 mi
70578 Rayne, LA 15.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70559?

70559 is in Morse, Louisiana, in Acadia Parish, part of the Lafayette, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.1393, -92.5081.

What county is 70559 in?

70559 lies in Acadia Parish.

What area code is 70559?

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

What time zone is 70559 in?

70559 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 70559?

About 2,699 people live in ZIP code 70559, in 849 households, at 31.7 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 70559?

$71,563 a year, against $60,756 across Louisiana.

What ZIP codes are near 70559?

The closest are 70534 (3.7 mi), 70556 (5.7 mi), 70531 (6.4 mi), 70537 (8.6 mi) and 70526 (9.2 mi).

Is 70559 a PO Box ZIP code?

70559 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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