| City: | Lake Charles, Louisiana |
| Parish: | Calcasieu Parish |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:59:09 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 337 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 30.2265, -93.2175 |
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ZIP Code 70612 isn't a neighborhood or town. It's a PO Box ZIP assigned to a single commercial location on E Telephone Road in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The post office here maintains 281 PO Boxes and serves 132 business delivery points. With no residential population and just one street address, this ZIP exists to handle mail for a concentrated commercial area rather than a community.
This point-only ZIP sits within the boundaries of ZIP 70611, which handles the broader Lake Charles area. Businesses operating from E Telephone Road use 70612 for their mailing addresses, while employees and residents in the surrounding area receive mail through standard Lake Charles ZIP codes. The 9 business establishments here employ 118 workers, making this a modest commercial hub. Street delivery does exist (handled by a single city carrier route), but most businesses here opt for PO Boxes.
A single commercial street with unit-based addressing indicates a business complex or office park.
ZIP Code 70612 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 12 business establishments, employing about 121 people with an annual payroll of $3,920,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1,570Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 12Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $997,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $3,920,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 121Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 70612 is located in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, within the Lake Charles, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 29340) and Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 199,607 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 70612. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Lake Charles, LASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 29340Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 199,607Source: Census |
| MSA: | Lake Charles, LA MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 03Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 6983.32 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 2241155Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Lake Charles city; LouisianaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 70612 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 March 1, 2026.