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70607

ZIP 70607 is in Lake Charles, Louisiana, mostly in Calcasieu Parish; area code 337; Central time. Lake Charles has 11 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Calcasieu +1 more
Metro area
Lake Charles, LA
Population
27,080
Coordinates
30.0385, -93.1901
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Where 70607 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 70607
  • 🔢 Type 70607 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LOgOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ⇆70607 reads the same backwards. It is one of only 412 palindromic ZIP codes.
  • ➕ 70607 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001001111001111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70606 (Lake Charles, LA, 18 mi away) and 70609 (Lake Charles, LA, 10 mi away).
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00677, 00767, 06077, 06770, 07067, 07076, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00767 in Yabucoa, PR, 1,903 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 64%.
  • 🎯742 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70607 and you would come out at 30.04°S, 86.81°E — 1,392 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 115.3 square miles of land, 70607 is bigger than 81% of ZIP codes — room for about 88 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population27,080This ZIP27,080
Households10,016This ZIP10,016
Housing units13,719This ZIP13,719
Median age32.3This ZIP32.3Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$60,351This ZIP$60,351Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Median home value$181,100This ZIP$181,100Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,128This ZIP$1,128Louisiana$1,064US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.5%This ZIP17.5%
Mean commute19.4 minThis ZIP19.4 min
Population density234.8 / sq miThis ZIP234.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments382This ZIP382
Employees5,146This ZIP5,146
Annual payroll$217,170,000This ZIP$217,170,000
Tax returns filed10,980This ZIP10,980
Total adjusted gross income$594,475,000This ZIP$594,475,000

Land area

Land area115.35 sq miThis ZIP115.35 sq mi
Water area22.34 sq miThis ZIP22.34 sq mi

Counties 70607 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Calcasieu Parish 54.6%
Cameron Parish 45.4%

Other place names in 70607

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ZIP codes near 70607

ZIPCityDistance
70630 Bell City, LA 7.8 mi
70605 Lake Charles, LA 8.0 mi
70609 Lake Charles, LA 9.8 mi
70601 Lake Charles, LA 13.1 mi
70629 Lake Charles, LA 13.4 mi
70669 Westlake, LA 14.9 mi
70615 Lake Charles, LA 15.5 mi
70646 Hayes, LA 16.1 mi
70665 Sulphur, LA 16.6 mi
70602 Lake Charles, LA 17.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70607?

70607 is in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in Calcasieu Parish, part of the Lake Charles, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.0385, -93.1901.

What county is 70607 in?

70607 spans 2 counties: Calcasieu Parish and Cameron Parish. Most of it falls in Calcasieu 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 70607?

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

What time zone is 70607 in?

70607 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 70607?

About 27,080 people live in ZIP code 70607, in 10,016 households, at 234.8 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 70607?

$60,351 a year, against $60,756 across Louisiana.

What ZIP codes are near 70607?

The closest are 70630 (7.8 mi), 70605 (8 mi), 70609 (9.8 mi), 70601 (13.1 mi) and 70629 (13.4 mi).

Is 70607 a PO Box ZIP code?

70607 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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