| City: | Alexandria, Louisiana |
| Names to Avoid: | Alex |
| Parish: | Rapides Parish |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:02:59 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 318 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 31.3113, -92.4453 |
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ZIP code 71315 serves a business mail facility in Alexandria, Louisiana. This isn't a residential area. With zero population and 365 business delivery points, it handles mail exclusively for commercial operations concentrated along Metro Drive.
The facility maintains 369 PO Boxes alongside 127 UNIT-designated addresses on Metro Drive. That's nearly one-to-one coverage between PO Boxes and business locations. Most businesses here receive mail through numbered units at the Metro Drive address, creating a centralized mail system for the complex.
This ZIP exists within the broader Alexandria postal territory (enclosed by ZIP 71301). While Alexandria has multiple standard ZIPs serving residential neighborhoods, 71315 operates as a PO Box classified zone dedicated to business mail. The city delivery indicator shows carrier service is available, but delivery infrastructure is limited to a single city route serving the Metro Drive location.
Single street address with UNIT designators indicates centralized business mail facility.
ZIP Code 71315 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 12 business establishments, employing about 124 people with an annual payroll of $8,199,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 712Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 12Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $2,030,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $8,199,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 124Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 71315 is located in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, within the Alexandria, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 10780) and Louisiana's 5th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 153,922 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 71315. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Alexandria, LASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 10780Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 153,922Source: Census |
| MSA: | Alexandria, LA MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 05Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 14452.88 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 2200975Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Alexandria city; LouisianaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 71315 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.