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70817

ZIP 70817 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
33,482
Coordinates
30.3751, -90.9804
☼ Live from 70817 — Baton Rouge, LA

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Where 70817 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 70817
  • 🔢 Type 70817 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIBOL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 70,817 = 23 × 3079. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001010010100001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 70816 (Baton Rouge, LA, 5 mi away) and 70818 (Baton Rouge, LA, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 70817 becomes 71807, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01778, 07718, 07871, 17078, 17087, 17870, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01778 in Wayland, MA, 1,364 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 59%.
  • 🎯781 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 70817 and you would come out at 30.38°S, 89.02°E — 1,354 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 11m.
  • 📏 At 25.4 square miles of land, 70817 is bigger than 42% of ZIP codes — room for about 19 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population33,482This ZIP33,482
Households13,690This ZIP13,690
Housing units14,194This ZIP14,194
Median age40.0This ZIP40.0Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$102,639This ZIP$102,639Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Median home value$293,600This ZIP$293,600Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,426This ZIP$1,426Louisiana$1,064US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher51.2%This ZIP51.2%
Mean commute27.1 minThis ZIP27.1 min
Population density1,319.3 / sq miThis ZIP1,319.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments777This ZIP777
Employees13,860This ZIP13,860
Annual payroll$952,790,000This ZIP$952,790,000
Tax returns filed17,370This ZIP17,370
Total adjusted gross income$1,738,106,000This ZIP$1,738,106,000

Land area

Land area25.38 sq miThis ZIP25.38 sq mi
Water area0.36 sq miThis ZIP0.36 sq mi

Other place names in 70817

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ZIP codes near 70817

ZIPCityDistance
70816 Baton Rouge, LA 4.6 mi
70769 Prairieville, LA 5.2 mi
70809 Baton Rouge, LA 5.5 mi
70728 Duplessis, LA 5.9 mi
70726 Denham Springs, LA 6.2 mi
70836 Baton Rouge, LA 6.2 mi
70819 Baton Rouge, LA 6.9 mi
70821 Baton Rouge, LA 7.1 mi
70810 Baton Rouge, LA 7.1 mi
70827 Baton Rouge, LA 7.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 70817?

70817 is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish, part of the Baton Rouge, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.3751, -90.9804.

What county is 70817 in?

70817 lies in East Baton Rouge Parish.

What area code is 70817?

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

What time zone is 70817 in?

70817 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 70817?

About 33,482 people live in ZIP code 70817, in 13,690 households, at 1,319.3 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 70817?

$102,639 a year, against $60,756 across Louisiana.

What ZIP codes are near 70817?

The closest are 70816 (4.6 mi), 70769 (5.2 mi), 70809 (5.5 mi), 70728 (5.9 mi) and 70726 (6.2 mi).

Is 70817 a PO Box ZIP code?

70817 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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