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70743

ZIP 70743 is Hester, Louisiana, in St. James Parish; area code 225; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
St. James
Population
654
Coordinates
30.0260, -90.7702
☼ Live from 70743 — Hester, LA

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Where 70743 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 70743
  • 🔢 Type 70743 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhLOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,743 = 3 × 23581. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001010001010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70740 (Grosse Tete, LA, 45 mi away) and 70744 (Holden, LA, 37 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70743 becomes 34707, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03774, 04737, 04773, 07734, 30477, 30747, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04773 in Saint David, ME, 1,691 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 58%.
  • 🎯808 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70743 and you would come out at 30.03°S, 89.23°E — 1,327 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 13m.
  • 📏 At 2.9 square miles of land, 70743 is bigger than 14% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population654This ZIP654
Households234This ZIP234
Housing units250This ZIP250
Median age37.3This ZIP37.3Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$138,879This ZIP$138,879Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Median home value$194,000This ZIP$194,000Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher13.3%This ZIP13.3%
Mean commute29.2 minThis ZIP29.2 min
Population density224.7 / sq miThis ZIP224.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees10This ZIP10
Annual payroll$445,000This ZIP$445,000

Land area

Land area2.91 sq miThis ZIP2.91 sq mi
Water area0.58 sq miThis ZIP0.58 sq mi

Other place names in 70743

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

ZIP codes near 70743

ZIPCityDistance
70792 Uncle Sam, LA 2.0 mi
70763 Paulina, LA 2.6 mi
70071 Lutcher, LA 4.4 mi
70723 Convent, LA 4.8 mi
70090 Vacherie, LA 5.7 mi
70086 Saint James, LA 5.7 mi
70052 Gramercy, LA 5.8 mi
70076 Mount Airy, LA 7.5 mi
70051 Garyville, LA 8.3 mi
70778 Sorrento, LA 9.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70743?

70743 is in Hester, Louisiana, in St. James Parish, part of the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.0260, -90.7702.

What county is 70743 in?

70743 lies in St. James Parish.

What area code is 70743?

Hester uses area code 225, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 70743 in?

70743 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 70743?

About 654 people live in ZIP code 70743, in 234 households, at 224.7 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 70743?

$138,879 a year, against $60,756 across Louisiana.

What ZIP codes are near 70743?

The closest are 70792 (2 mi), 70763 (2.6 mi), 70071 (4.4 mi), 70723 (4.8 mi) and 70090 (5.7 mi).

Is 70743 a PO Box ZIP code?

70743 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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