Which ZIP code in Orleans County has the highest median age?

70116 (New Orleans), at 47.6 (±3.2), among 17 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.

Why are some ZIP codes missing?

ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

Oldest ZIP codes in Orleans Parish, LA

These are the 17 ZIP codes in Orleans Parish with the highest median age, out of 17 with at least 1,000 residents. 70116 (New Orleans, 47.6), 70129 (New Orleans, 42.3) and 70122 (New Orleans, 41.4) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Orleans County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Oldest ZIP codes in Orleans County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	70116	New Orleans	47.6 ±3.2	10,404	5,950	8,860
2	70129	New Orleans	42.3 ±6.5	9,769	3,076	4,146
3	70122	New Orleans	41.4 ±1.0	35,253	15,178	16,838
4	70114	New Orleans	40.8 ±2.5	22,659	9,512	11,177
5	70131	New Orleans	40.0 ±2.0	25,151	10,177	11,348
6	70124	New Orleans	39.9 ±0.9	21,778	8,362	10,675
7	70115	New Orleans	39.8 ±1.1	31,183	13,890	18,585
8	70117	New Orleans	39.6 ±1.0	25,652	11,779	17,448
9	70113	New Orleans	39.6 ±1.4	9,387	3,830	—
10	70112	New Orleans	39.6 ±8.7	3,490	2,327	5,189
11	70130	New Orleans	39.5 ±2.2	12,560	7,239	11,977
12	70126	New Orleans	38.4 ±1.6	27,047	10,028	13,027
13	70119	New Orleans	38.3 ±1.0	37,253	18,142	21,828
14	70127	New Orleans	37.7 ±2.0	23,107	9,172	10,497
15	70128	New Orleans	36.3 ±2.1	22,986	7,798	7,393
16	70125	New Orleans	34.8 ±2.2	17,821	6,477	8,478
17	70118	New Orleans	31.8 ±1.4	36,072	12,831	16,374

How we ranked them

Ranked by median age of all residents, highest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 17 of 20 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Older ZIP codes respond to health care, hearing and vision, Medicare plans, home safety, estate planning and services that come to the door.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 43,893 households, on 77 carrier routes with 52,369 residential mailboxes. Open any of them on the route map to see each carrier route's own figures before you choose.

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Frequently asked questions

Which ZIP code in Orleans County has the highest median age?: 70116 (New Orleans), at 47.6 (±3.2), among 17 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median age of all residents, highest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024).
Why are some ZIP codes missing?: ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

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