PlainZIP

Saint James, LA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Saint James, LA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,969. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet SAINT-JAMES-LA · Saint James, LA 1 ZIPs · 1,969 pop · #24436/25278 · St. James Parish

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $35,739
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24436/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Convent
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 63% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,969
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $96,400

Nearest income peer: Convent, LA (+ $11,705 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Saint James

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Saint James on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Saint James, LA sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

3rd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,969
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$35,739
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($35,739 average) · poverty 21.2%. The primary code (70086) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (62.9%) for this income tier, rent $616 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Louisiana, Oil City is the closest lower-income city and Bienville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Saint James.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 70086, is all of Saint James

There is no split to weigh here: 70086 holds every one of Saint James's 1,969 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Saint James's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 32 establishments, 851 employees , annual payroll $91,265k (~16 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 70086 (32 units) ; leading NAICS Transportation and warehousing (9) · also Manufacturing · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Saint James, LA

These ZIP codes sit in St. James Parish, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Saint James. See the St. James Parish roll-up →

Every one of the 6 cities sharing St. James Parish reports a higher average ZIP median income than Saint James, Vacherie, Paulina and Gramercy among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Hester marks the far end of that range at $138,879, 289% above Saint James.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
70086 1,969 $35,739 32 34
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Saint James roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Saint James, .