Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/71237

71237

ZIP 71237 is Epps, Louisiana, mostly in West Carroll Parish; area code 318; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
West Carroll +3 more
Metro area
none
Population
1,028
Coordinates
32.5884, -91.4811
☼ Live from 71237 — Epps, LA

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 71237 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 71237
  • 🔢 Type 71237 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LEZIL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 71237 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: 10001011001000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 71235 (Dubach, LA, 70 mi away) and 71238 (Eros, LA, 54 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 71237 becomes 73217, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12737, 17237, 17327, 17372, 17723, 21737, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12737 in Glen Spey, NY, 1,104 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 60%.
  • 🎯637 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 71237 and you would come out at 32.59°S, 88.52°E — 1,493 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 00m.
  • 📏 At 81.4 square miles of land, 71237 is bigger than 73% of ZIP codes — room for about 62 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 71237 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population1,028This ZIP1,028
Households317This ZIP317
Housing units478This ZIP478
Median age40.7This ZIP40.7Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median household income$50,057This ZIP$50,057Louisiana$60,756US $80,734
Median home value$66,700This ZIP$66,700Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$925This ZIP$925Louisiana$1,064US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.4%This ZIP15.4%
Mean commute32.1 minThis ZIP32.1 min
Population density12.6 / sq miThis ZIP12.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees31This ZIP31
Annual payroll$2,112,000This ZIP$2,112,000
Tax returns filed350This ZIP350
Total adjusted gross income$17,282,000This ZIP$17,282,000

Land area

Land area81.39 sq miThis ZIP81.39 sq mi
Water area0.10 sq miThis ZIP0.10 sq mi

Counties 71237 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
West Carroll Parish 48.1%
East Carroll Parish 26.0%
Richland Parish 16.7%
Madison Parish 9.2%

Other place names in 71237

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

ZIP codes near 71237

ZIPCityDistance
71266 Pioneer, LA 8.5 mi
71232 Delhi, LA 12.1 mi
71242 Forest, LA 14.6 mi
71286 Transylvania, LA 15.0 mi
71264 Oak Ridge, LA 17.0 mi
71261 Mer Rouge, LA 18.0 mi
71276 Sondheimer, LA 18.7 mi
71263 Oak Grove, LA 19.8 mi
71254 Lake Providence, LA 20.8 mi
71269 Rayville, LA 20.9 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 71237 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 71237?

71237 is in Epps, Louisiana, in West Carroll Parish. Its published point location is 32.5884, -91.4811.

What county is 71237 in?

71237 spans 4 counties: West Carroll Parish, East Carroll Parish, Richland Parish and Madison Parish. Most of it falls in West Carroll 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 71237?

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

What time zone is 71237 in?

71237 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 71237?

About 1,028 people live in ZIP code 71237, in 317 households, at 12.6 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 71237?

$50,057 a year, against $60,756 across Louisiana.

What ZIP codes are near 71237?

The closest are 71266 (8.5 mi), 71232 (12.1 mi), 71242 (14.6 mi), 71286 (15 mi) and 71264 (17 mi).

Is 71237 a PO Box ZIP code?

71237 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “71237 ZIP Code — Epps, Louisiana (West Carroll Parish).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/71237

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/71237.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.