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70803

ZIP 70803 is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish; area code 225; Central time. Baton Rouge has 42 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
Metro area
Baton Rouge, LA
Population
3,562
Coordinates
30.4100, -91.1740
☼ Live from 70803 — Baton Rouge, LA

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Where 70803 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 70803
  • 🔢 Type 70803 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOBOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,803 = 3 × 3 × 7867. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001010010010011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70802 (Baton Rouge, LA, 2 mi away) and 70804 (Baton Rouge, LA, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70803 becomes 30807 — and that is a real ZIP code: Camak, GA, 542 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00738, 00783, 03087, 03780, 03870, 07083, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00738 in Fajardo, PR, 1,802 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 59%.
  • 🎯773 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70803 and you would come out at 30.41°S, 88.83°E — 1,361 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 0.233 square miles of land, 70803 is bigger than 3% of ZIP codes — about 113 football fields.
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People and housing

Population3,562This ZIP3,562
Households0
Housing units13This ZIP13
Median age19.0This ZIP19.0Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher100.0%This ZIP100.0%
Mean commute14.3 minThis ZIP14.3 min
Population density15,287.6 / sq miThis ZIP15,287.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments53This ZIP53
Employees1,383This ZIP1,383
Annual payroll$22,887,000This ZIP$22,887,000

Land area

Land area0.23 sq miThis ZIP0.23 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 70803

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

ZIP codes near 70803

ZIPCityDistance
70893 Baton Rouge, LA 0.3 mi
70808 Baton Rouge, LA 2.1 mi
70802 Baton Rouge, LA 2.5 mi
70801 Baton Rouge, LA 2.8 mi
70804 Baton Rouge, LA 2.9 mi
70891 Baton Rouge, LA 2.9 mi
70825 Baton Rouge, LA 3.0 mi
70892 Baton Rouge, LA 3.0 mi
70820 Baton Rouge, LA 3.5 mi
70806 Baton Rouge, LA 4.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70803?

70803 is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish, part of the Baton Rouge, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.4100, -91.1740.

What county is 70803 in?

70803 lies in East Baton Rouge Parish.

What area code is 70803?

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

What time zone is 70803 in?

70803 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 70803?

About 3,562 people live in ZIP code 70803, at 15,287.6 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 70803?

The closest are 70893 (0.3 mi), 70808 (2.1 mi), 70802 (2.5 mi), 70801 (2.8 mi) and 70804 (2.9 mi).

Is 70803 a PO Box ZIP code?

70803 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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