70537 Zip Code (LA) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 204
Zip code population in 2010: 541
Zip code population in 2000: 708

March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 70537: 80.0 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 5.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 35 people per square mile

(very low).

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $208
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $207

For population 25 years and over in 70537:

• High school or higher: 93.9%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.7%
• Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 64.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 70537:

• Never married: 13.6%
• Now married: 61.1%
• Separated: 0.0%
• Widowed: 0.0%
• Divorced: 25.4%

• 
• • 18289.7%White
  • 2110.3%Hispanic or Latino

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 70537, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $50,970 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$50,970
State:	$60,757

Salary/wage: $46,663 (reported on 82.6% of returns)

Here:	$46,663
State:	$50,882

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 954.3% for AGIs below $25k, 2990.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 12083.3% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $186 (reported on 30.4% of returns)

This zip code:	$186
Louisiana:	$1,576

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 12.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 17.5% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$4,433 (reported on 13.0% of returns)

Here:	+$4,433
State:	+$7,679

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 190.0% for AGIs below $25k)

Earned income credit: $2,560 (reported on 21.7% of returns)

Here:	$2,560
State:	$2,671

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 110.0% for AGIs below $25k, 102.0% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 91.3%

Here:	91%
State:	92%

(% for various income ranges: 88.9% for AGIs below $25k, 100.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 125.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 100.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 70537, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $49,784 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$49,784
State:	$56,730

Salary/wage: $49,765 (reported on 80.0% of returns)

Here:	$49,765
State:	$45,545

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 73.2% for AGIs below $25k, 85.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 82.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 77.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $571 (reported on 28.0% of returns)

This zip code:	$571
Louisiana:	$1,804

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.0% for AGIs below $25k, 0.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $633 (reported on 12.0% of returns)

Here:	$633
State:	$7,610

Profit/loss from business: +$4,767 (reported on 12.0% of returns)

Here:	+$4,767
State:	+$12,088

Total itemized deductions: $23,100 (16% of AGI, reported on 12.0% of returns)

Here:	$23,100
State:	$23,585

Here:	15.7% of AGI
State:	18.1% of AGI

Taxes paid: $6,267 (reported on 12.0% of returns)

70537:	$6,267
State:	$6,282

Earned income credit: $2,417 (reported on 24.0% of returns)

Here:	$2,417
State:	$2,633

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.7% for AGIs below $25k, 2.5% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 72.0%

Here:	72%
State:	57%

(% for various income ranges: 70.0% for AGIs below $25k, 66.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 66.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 70537, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $34,819 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$34,819
State:	$39,411

Salary/wage: $34,131 (reported on 87.7% of returns)

Here:	$34,131
State:	$34,434

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 84.6% for AGIs below $10k, 77.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 87.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 89.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 86.1% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $600 (reported on 39.1% of returns)

This zip code:	$600
Louisiana:	$1,606

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable dividends: $656 (reported on 13.2% of returns)

Here:	$656
State:	$3,235

Net capital gain/loss: +$812 (reported on 6.6% of returns)

Here:	+$812
State:	+$8,531

Profit/loss from business: +$4,960 (reported on 10.3% of returns)

Here:	+$4,960
State:	+$9,128

Total itemized deductions: $14,577 (20% of AGI, reported on 10.7% of returns)

Here:	$14,577
State:	$18,222

Here:	20.4% of AGI
State:	20.3% of AGI

Charity contributions deductions: $2,923 (3% of AGI, reported on 5.3% of returns)

Here:	$2,923
State:	$4,190

Here:	3.5% of AGI
State:	4.4% of AGI

Total tax: $4,170 (reported on 72.4% of returns)

70537:	$4,170
State:	$6,529

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.3% for AGIs below $10k, 4.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 5.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 14.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $1,978 (reported on 18.9% of returns)

Here:	$1,978
State:	$2,103

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 61.3%

Here:	61%
State:	61%

(% for various income ranges: 53.2% for AGIs below $10k, 60.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 54.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 67.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 88.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Nearest zip codes: 70531, 70556, 70546, 70543, 70559, 70534.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 0
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 102

Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 60 (18 now married, 42 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 70537 with a mortgage: 53
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 70537 household income distribution in 2022

• 24Less than $10,000
• 12$10,000 to $14,999
• 2$25,000 to $29,999
• 22$75,000 to $99,999
• 13$100,000 to $124,999
• 18$150,000 to $199,999
• 10$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 70537

• 19$10,000 to $14,999
• 24$35,000 to $39,999
• 10$80,000 to $89,999
• 22$125,000 to $149,999
• 8$150,000 to $174,999
• 11$175,000 to $199,999

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $282,339

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $158,357

Here:	$158,357
State:	$273,555

Mobile homes: $71,123

Here:	$71,123
State:	$89,857

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 184
• Mobile homes: 14

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 70537

• 84.2%138Drove a car alone
• 6.1%10Carpooled
• 6.7%11Other means

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 70537

• 305 to 9 minutes
• 5820 to 24 minutes
• 125 to 29 minutes
• 1530 to 34 minutes
• 1260 to 89 minutes
• 4090 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 33.7%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 204

• Male householders: 47 (15 living alone), Female householders: 58 (36 living alone)

• 62 spouses (62 opposite-sex spouses), 0 unmarried partners, (0 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 41 children (41 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 foster children, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives

Size of family households: 36 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 11 4-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 50 1-person

17 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households ().

83.9% of residents of 70537 zip code speak English at home.
13.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% very well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• EVANGELINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (1448 OLD EVANGELINE HIGHWAY in EVANGELINE, LA)

  (Geographic Names Information System)
  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-001013
  Organizations: ACADIA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• HOMER HABER NO. 1 SITE (SECTION 40, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 2 W in EVANGELINE, LA)

  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-06-2000-0970, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  Business SIC classification: CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
  

• EGAN HUB PARTNERS, L.P. (401 IDA FRUGE ROAD in EVANGELINE, LA)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION
  Alternative names: EGAN HUB STORAGE LLC

• GAS DEHYDRATION SALES STATION - JENNIN (EVANGELINE HWY, 1.5 MI SW OF in EVANGELINE, LA)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  Business SIC classification: CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 33.2%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 23.1%

Population in 1990: 475. Population change in the 1990s: +233 (+49.1%).

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 179
• South: 12
• West: 12

84% of the 70537 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 23% lived in this county.

101% of the 70537 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Engineering Services (20-49 employees: 1 establishment)
• Mining: Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction (5-9: 2, 1-4: 1)
• Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (10-19: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (1-4: 1)
• Construction: Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (1-4: 1)
• Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Photography Studios, Portrait (1-4: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 70537 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
John	7	68.0 years
Clifford	3	61.3 years
Louis	3	78.3 years
William	3	45.1 years
Dora	2	82.0 years
Helen	2	69.0 years
Dorsin	2	82.5 years
Agnes	2	76.5 years
Eddie	2	84.5 years
Alfred	2	66.9 years

Most common last names in zip code 70537 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Simar	13	73.2 years
Miller	11	68.2 years
Lacombe	10	75.1 years
Doucet	8	77.7 years
Lejeune	7	65.7 years
Mcfarlain	6	84.5 years
Richard	6	72.8 years
Dietz	5	71.2 years
Whiddon	4	73.5 years
Hebert	4	72.8 years