| City: | Westwego, Louisiana |
| Parish: | Jefferson Parish |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 1:36:03 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 504 / 985 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 29.9059, -90.1424 |
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ZIP 70096 serves a commercial and business district in Westwego, Louisiana, within Jefferson Parish. This ZIP has no residential population within its boundaries. Instead, it functions as a business mail hub with 255 PO Boxes and 84 business delivery points concentrated along two main corridors.
Mail delivery here operates through a mixed system. The post office maintains PO Boxes while also providing street delivery to commercial addresses on Westbank Expressway (50 delivery points) and Bridge City Avenue (23 delivery points). Both streets include UNIT designators, indicating multi-tenant commercial buildings. Six business establishments employ 118 workers at this location, creating steady weekday postal traffic.
This isn't a standalone community. ZIP 70096 sits within the larger ZIP 70094 service area. The PO Box classification dates to before October 2004, when USPS began tracking introduction dates, but current operations include both box and street delivery. Westwego's main residential areas use different ZIP codes, while 70096 handles commercial mail for businesses along the expressway corridor.
All delivery points fall on two commercial corridors with multi-unit buildings.
ZIP Code 70096 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 6 business establishments, employing about 113 people with an annual payroll of $6,507,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1,381Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 6Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,462,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $6,507,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 113Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 70096 is located in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, within the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 35380) and Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 988,763 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 70096. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | New Orleans-Metairie, LASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 35380Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 988,763Source: Census |
| MSA: | New Orleans, LA MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 02Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 1268.48 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 2281165Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Westwego city; LouisianaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 70096 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.