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West Lafayette, IN ZIP Codes

3 ZIP codes use the postal name West Lafayette, Indiana (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 2 residential and 1 for PO boxes or a single organization. West Lafayette's most populous ZIP code is 47906, with 75,198 people (ACS 2020-2024); 10% of its land is in the city of West Lafayette.

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Where are West Lafayette's ZIP codes?

47906: $53k median household income47907: – median household income4790647906: $53k median household income47907: – median household income4790647906: $53k median household income47907: – median household income47906
The 2 residential ZIP codes named West 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).

All 2 residential ZIP codes of West Lafayette

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name West Lafayette, IN, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
47906 Tippecanoe County 75,198 563 $53k $323k
47907 Tippecanoe County no residents 0 – –

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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 West Lafayette

1 ZIP code named West Lafayette has 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.

West Lafayette, IN: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
47996Tippecanoe County

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

Which counties do West Lafayette's ZIP codes reach?

West Lafayette's residential ZIP codes lie in 3 counties: Tippecanoe County (2 ZIP codes mainly there), White County (part of a ZIP code), Warren County (part of a ZIP code).

Which places do West Lafayette's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, West Lafayette's residential ZIP codes cover West Lafayette itself and 2 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Battle Ground 47906
  • Montmorenci census-designated 47906

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

Which first three digits do West 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 West Lafayette starts with 479.

Three-digit prefixes of West 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 West Lafayette's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
479 Indianapolis, IN (SCF 460) 3 71

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