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71407

ZIP 71407 is Bentley, Louisiana, in Grant Parish; area code 318; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Grant
Metro area
Alexandria, LA
Population
1,178
Coordinates
31.5172, -92.4865
☼ Live from 71407 — Bentley, LA

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Where 71407 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 71407
  • 🔢 Type 71407 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LOhIL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 71,407 = 7 × 101 × 101. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001011011101111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 71406 (Belmont, LA, 62 mi away) and 71409 (Boyce, LA, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 71407 becomes 70417, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01747, 07417, 14707, 14770, 17047, 17074, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01747 in Hopedale, MA, 1,366 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 62%.
  • 🎯668 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 71407 and you would come out at 31.52°S, 87.51°E — 1,463 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 12m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 05m.
  • 📏 At 17.7 square miles of land, 71407 is bigger than 35% of ZIP codes — room for about 13 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,178This ZIP1,178
Households449This ZIP449
Housing units497This ZIP497
Median age52.4This ZIP52.4Louisiana38.0US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher29.8%This ZIP29.8%
Mean commute21.2 minThis ZIP21.2 min
Population density66.7 / sq miThis ZIP66.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees92This ZIP92
Annual payroll$3,670,000This ZIP$3,670,000
Tax returns filed430This ZIP430
Total adjusted gross income$28,798,000This ZIP$28,798,000

Land area

Land area17.67 sq miThis ZIP17.67 sq mi
Water area0.06 sq miThis ZIP0.06 sq mi

Other place names in 71407

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

ZIP codes near 71407

ZIPCityDistance
71467 Pollock, LA 6.7 mi
71423 Dry Prong, LA 7.1 mi
71405 Ball, LA 9.0 mi
71417 Colfax, LA 9.6 mi
71477 Tioga, LA 10.7 mi
71361 Pineville, LA 11.0 mi
71359 Pineville, LA 13.8 mi
71348 Libuse, LA 14.4 mi
71306 Alexandria, LA 14.4 mi
71360 Pineville, LA 15.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 71407?

71407 is in Bentley, Louisiana, in Grant Parish, part of the Alexandria, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.5172, -92.4865.

What county is 71407 in?

71407 lies in Grant Parish.

What area code is 71407?

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

What time zone is 71407 in?

71407 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 71407?

About 1,178 people live in ZIP code 71407, in 449 households, at 66.7 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 71407?

The closest are 71467 (6.7 mi), 71423 (7.1 mi), 71405 (9 mi), 71417 (9.6 mi) and 71477 (10.7 mi).

Is 71407 a PO Box ZIP code?

71407 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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