| City: | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Parish: | East Baton Rouge Parish |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:00:50 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 225 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 30.4506, -91.1547 |
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ZIP 70879 serves a single address in Baton Rouge's Broadmoor/Sherwood neighborhood: Millwood Drive. This isn't a traditional community ZIP. It's a PO Box classification assigned to what appears to be a business complex or large multi-unit facility. The post office maintains 354 PO Boxes and handles delivery to 385 business addresses, all at a single street location with 104 unit designations.
Despite its PO Box classification, this ZIP has city carrier delivery service. The single carrier route (C route) serves Millwood Drive exclusively. The 15 business establishments at this location employ 125 people, suggesting an office park, commercial center, or mixed-use development rather than a residential community.
This ZIP exists as a point location within the larger territory of ZIP 70816. Street delivery is available throughout the broader Baton Rouge area. The PO Box classification here reflects the facility's mail processing setup, not a lack of delivery infrastructure in the region.
Single street serving what appears to be a business park or multi-unit commercial facility.
ZIP Code 70879 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 12 business establishments, employing about 126 people with an annual payroll of $9,682,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 702Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 12Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $2,260,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $9,682,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 126Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 70879 is located in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, within the Baton Rouge, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 12940) and Louisiana's 6th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 802,484 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 70879. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Baton Rouge, LASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 12940Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 802,484Source: Census |
| MSA: | Baton Rouge, LA MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 06Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 4033.89 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 2205000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Baton Rouge city; LouisianaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 70879 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.