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71245

ZIP 71245 is Grambling, Louisiana, in Lincoln Parish; area code 318; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lincoln
Metro area
Ruston, LA
Population
4,439
Coordinates
32.5269, -92.7156
☼ Live from 71245 — Grambling, LA

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Where 71245 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 71245
  • 🔢 Type 71245 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ShZIL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 71,245 = 5 × 14249. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001011001001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 71243 (Fort Necessity, LA, 66 mi away) and 71247 (Hodge, LA, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 71245 becomes 54217 — and that is a real ZIP code: Luxemburg, WI, 873 miles away.
  • 👥 63 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12457, 12475, 12547, 12574, 12745, 12754, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12574 in Rhinecliff, NY, 1,215 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 63%.
  • 🎯601 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 71245 and you would come out at 32.53°S, 87.28°E — 1,457 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 01m.
  • 📏 At 5.4 square miles of land, 71245 is bigger than 20% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,439This ZIP4,439
Households1,419This ZIP1,419
Housing units1,673This ZIP1,673
Median age21.0This ZIP21.0Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Median home value$164,300This ZIP$164,300Louisiana$216,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$714This ZIP$714Louisiana$1,064US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher35.4%This ZIP35.4%
Mean commute22.5 minThis ZIP22.5 min
Population density818.9 / sq miThis ZIP818.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments26This ZIP26
Employees304This ZIP304
Annual payroll$10,552,000This ZIP$10,552,000
Tax returns filed1,010This ZIP1,010
Total adjusted gross income$38,768,000This ZIP$38,768,000

Land area

Land area5.42 sq miThis ZIP5.42 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Other place names in 71245

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ZIP codes near 71245

ZIPCityDistance
71272 Ruston, LA 3.7 mi
71270 Ruston, LA 4.9 mi
71275 Simsboro, LA 6.0 mi
71273 Ruston, LA 6.7 mi
71235 Dubach, LA 11.5 mi
71001 Arcadia, LA 12.3 mi
71268 Quitman, LA 12.6 mi
71227 Choudrant, LA 14.1 mi
71247 Hodge, LA 17.7 mi
71008 Bienville, LA 19.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 71245?

71245 is in Grambling, Louisiana, in Lincoln Parish, part of the Ruston, LA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.5269, -92.7156.

What county is 71245 in?

71245 lies in Lincoln Parish.

What area code is 71245?

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

What time zone is 71245 in?

71245 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 71245?

About 4,439 people live in ZIP code 71245, in 1,419 households, at 818.9 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 71245?

The closest are 71272 (3.7 mi), 71270 (4.9 mi), 71275 (6 mi), 71273 (6.7 mi) and 71235 (11.5 mi).

Is 71245 a PO Box ZIP code?

71245 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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