Which ZIP code in New Orleans has the highest median household income?

70124 (New Orleans), at $121,228 (±$10,657), among 19 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.

Richest ZIP codes in New Orleans, LA

These are the 19 ZIP codes in New Orleans, LA with the highest median household income, out of 19 with at least 1,000 residents. 70124 (New Orleans, $121,228), 70115 (New Orleans, $90,182) and 70123 (New Orleans, $83,585) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in New Orleans; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Richest ZIP codes in New Orleans

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median household income	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	70124	New Orleans	$121,228 ±$10,657	21,778	8,362	10,675
2	70115	New Orleans	$90,182 ±$7,868	31,183	13,890	18,585
3	70123	New Orleans	$83,585 ±$7,709	27,386	13,635	13,788
4	70130	New Orleans	$80,212 ±$10,851	12,560	7,239	11,977
5	70118	New Orleans	$63,750 ±$6,752	36,072	12,831	16,374
6	70131	New Orleans	$62,389 ±$4,084	25,151	10,177	11,348
7	70125	New Orleans	$61,174 ±$8,128	17,821	6,477	8,478
8	70121	New Orleans	$59,562 ±$5,105	10,558	5,433	—
9	70128	New Orleans	$56,431 ±$9,835	22,986	7,798	7,393
10	70129	New Orleans	$55,972 ±$11,446	9,769	3,076	4,146
11	70119	New Orleans	$53,143 ±$4,793	37,253	18,142	21,828
12	70116	New Orleans	$52,306 ±$7,567	10,404	5,950	8,860
13	70122	New Orleans	$49,455 ±$3,883	35,253	15,178	16,838
14	70117	New Orleans	$45,764 ±$3,020	25,652	11,779	17,448
15	70114	New Orleans	$43,493 ±$6,501	22,659	9,512	11,177
16	70126	New Orleans	$41,709 ±$4,322	27,047	10,028	13,027
17	70127	New Orleans	$40,765 ±$2,957	23,107	9,172	10,497
18	70113	New Orleans	$39,333 ±$15,743	9,387	3,830	—
19	70112	New Orleans	$19,395 ±$13,821	3,490	2,327	5,189

How we ranked them

Ranked by median household income (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau caps published medians at $250,000; ZIP codes at the cap are shown as $250,000+ and ordered by population. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 19 of 22 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Higher-income ZIP codes suit offers with a bigger ticket: remodeling, pools, roofing, financial planning, private schools, premium dining. A median describes the middle household, not every door, so the routes inside each ZIP still vary.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 55,957 households, on 128 carrier routes with 71,399 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 New Orleans has the highest median household income?: 70124 (New Orleans), at $121,228 (±$10,657), among 19 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median household income (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau caps published medians at $250,000; ZIP codes at the cap are shown as $250,000+ and ordered by population.
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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