| City: | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Parish: | Orleans Parish |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 1:37:03 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 504 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 29.9545, -90.0753 |
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ZIP code 70179 serves a dedicated post office facility on N Jefferson Davis Parkway in New Orleans, Louisiana. This isn't a residential neighborhood. It's a PO Box-only ZIP embedded within the Mid-City and Fairgrounds areas of the city. The 573 PO Boxes here serve businesses and individuals who prefer or need a dedicated mailing address separate from their home delivery.
The post office sits within ZIP 70119, which provides regular street delivery to the surrounding residential areas. With 254 registered businesses using this address and 118 ZIP+4 records pointing to unit numbers on Jefferson Davis Parkway, this location functions as a commercial mail hub. Residents and businesses in Mid-City, Fairgrounds, St. Bernard Area, and Bywater can maintain boxes here while receiving street mail through 70119.
Mail addressed to 70179 goes only to PO Boxes at this facility. There's no home delivery within this ZIP. The single city carrier route handles the PO Box Street Addressing records, which let customers use the post office's street address with their box number as a unit designation.
Standard PO Box format:
PO Box [number]
New Orleans, LA 70179Street address format (PBSA):
[number] N Jefferson Davis Pkwy Unit [box number]
New Orleans, LA 70179The only street associated with this ZIP is the post office's physical address on Jefferson Davis Parkway.
ZIP Code 70179 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 8 business establishments, employing about 62 people with an annual payroll of $4,237,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 782Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 8Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $939,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $4,237,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 62Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 70179 is located in Orleans 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 70179. 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: | 2255000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | New Orleans city; LouisianaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 70179 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.