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71051

ZIP 71051 is Elm Grove, Louisiana, mostly in Bossier Parish; area code 318; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Bossier +1 more
Population
2,321
Coordinates
32.3195, -93.4780
☼ Live from 71051 — Elm Grove, LA

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Where 71051 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 71051
  • 🔢 Type 71051 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ISOIL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 71,051 = 227 × 313. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001010110001011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 71050 (Longstreet, LA, 32 mi away) and 71052 (Mansfield, LA, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 71051 becomes 15017 — and that is a real ZIP code: Bridgeville, PA, 925 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01571, 07511, 10157, 10175, 10517, 11507, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01571 in Dudley, MA, 1,358 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 64%.
  • 🎯592 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 71051 and you would come out at 32.32°S, 86.52°E — 1,446 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 16m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 02m.
  • 📏 At 94.9 square miles of land, 71051 is bigger than 76% of ZIP codes — room for about 72 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,321This ZIP2,321
Households989This ZIP989
Housing units1,287This ZIP1,287
Median age42.2This ZIP42.2Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$85,331This ZIP$85,331Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Median home value$156,900This ZIP$156,900Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher13.4%This ZIP13.4%
Mean commute35.1 minThis ZIP35.1 min
Population density24.4 / sq miThis ZIP24.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments20This ZIP20
Employees88This ZIP88
Annual payroll$3,938,000This ZIP$3,938,000
Tax returns filed880This ZIP880
Total adjusted gross income$90,263,000This ZIP$90,263,000

Land area

Land area94.93 sq miThis ZIP94.93 sq mi
Water area2.47 sq miThis ZIP2.47 sq mi

Counties 71051 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Bossier Parish 99.2%
Caddo Parish 0.8%

ZIP codes near 71051

ZIPCityDistance
71115 Shreveport, LA 6.3 mi
71068 Ringgold, LA 10.6 mi
71037 Haughton, LA 10.8 mi
71023 Doyline, LA 10.9 mi
71027 Frierson, LA 13.2 mi
71112 Bossier City, LA 13.2 mi
71039 Heflin, LA 13.4 mi
71034 Hall Summit, LA 13.8 mi
71110 Barksdale Afb, LA 15.4 mi
71106 Shreveport, LA 15.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 71051?

71051 is in Elm Grove, Louisiana, in Bossier Parish, part of the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.3195, -93.4780.

What county is 71051 in?

71051 spans 2 counties: Bossier Parish and Caddo Parish. Most of it falls in Bossier 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 71051?

Elm Grove uses area code 318, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 71051 in?

71051 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 71051?

About 2,321 people live in ZIP code 71051, in 989 households, at 24.4 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 71051?

$85,331 a year, against $60,756 across Louisiana.

What ZIP codes are near 71051?

The closest are 71115 (6.3 mi), 71068 (10.6 mi), 71037 (10.8 mi), 71023 (10.9 mi) and 71027 (13.2 mi).

Is 71051 a PO Box ZIP code?

71051 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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