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Lafayette, LA ZIP Codes

12 ZIP codes use the postal name Lafayette, Louisiana (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 5 residential and 7 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $33,365 in 70501 to $94,688 in 70503, 2.8 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Lafayette's most populous ZIP code is 70506, with 42,318 people (ACS 2020-2024); 56% of its land is in the city of Lafayette.

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  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Lafayette's ZIP codes?

70501: $33k median household income70503: $95k median household income70506: $57k median household income70507: $64k median household income70508: $86k median household income705067050870507705037050170501: $33k median household income70503: $95k median household income70506: $57k median household income70507: $64k median household income70508: $86k median household income705067050870507705037050170501: $33k median household income70503: $95k median household income70506: $57k median household income70507: $64k median household income70508: $86k median household income7050670508705077050370501
The 5 residential ZIP codes named Lafayette, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Lafayette's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 70503 ($94,688), the lowest in 70501 ($33,365). Home values run from $116,900 in 70501 to $341,300 in 70503.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 5 residential ZIP codes of Lafayette

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Lafayette, LA, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
70506 Lafayette Parish 42,318 2,038 $57k $218k
70508 Lafayette Parish 40,592 1,670 $86k $305k
70503 Lafayette Parish 28,643 2,529 $95k $341k
70501 Lafayette Parish 26,465 1,729 $33k $117k
70507 Lafayette Parish 20,096 938 $64k $212k

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Lafayette

7 ZIP codes named Lafayette have no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Lafayette, LA: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
70502Lafayette Parish
70504Lafayette Parish
70505Lafayette Parish
70509Lafayette Parish
70593Lafayette Parish
70596Lafayette Parish
70598Lafayette Parish

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Lafayette's ZIP codes reach?

Lafayette's residential ZIP codes lie in Lafayette Parish.

Which places do Lafayette's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Lafayette's residential ZIP codes cover Lafayette itself and 3 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Lafayette's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Lafayette starts with 705.

Three-digit prefixes of Lafayette's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Lafayette's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
705 Lafayette, LA (SCF 705) 12 75

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.