Código postal 70605 — Lake Charles, LA

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El código postal 70605 cubre Lake Charles, Louisiana, con una población de unos 40,715 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $88,337.

Población: 40,715948 per square mile
Edad media: 353.7 points below the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $88,3371.5× the Louisiana median
Tasa de pobreza: 10%2.4 points below the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $273,937up 1.6% in five years
Alquiler medio: $1,3481.3× the Louisiana median
Título universitario o superior: 42.3%7.3 points above the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 72.3%7.3 points above the US average
Zona horaria: Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 939

Dónde está 70605

Lake Charles, Louisiana — el área que la Oficina del Censo delimita para este código postal. Los códigos postales son conjuntos de rutas de reparto y no áreas, así que esto es la aproximación del Censo, no un límite del Servicio Postal.

Población y hogares

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Población	40,715
Edad media	35
Hogares familiares	67.7%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	6.1%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	8.4%
Blanca (no hispana)	78.6%
Negra (no hispana)	10%
Asiática (no hispana)	3.3%
Hispana o latina	5.9%
Veteranos	8%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$88,337
Ingreso por persona	$46,278
Tasa de pobreza	10%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	10%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	3.7%
$10–15k	2.3%
$15–20k	4.3%
$20–25k	2.3%
$25–30k	3.9%
$30–35k	2.7%
$35–40k	3.9%
$40–45k	2.8%
$45–50k	3.5%
$50–60k	6.0%
$60–75k	8.8%
$75–100k	11.2%
$100–125k	9.6%
$125–150k	9.7%
$150–200k	10.3%
$200k or more	15.0%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Declaraciones presentadas	15,720
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$113,988
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	11.6%
Returns, under $25k	26.5%
Returns, $25k–$50k	20.5%
Returns, $50k–$75k	13.1%
Returns, $75k–$100k	9.1%
Returns, $100k–$200k	19.3%
Returns, $200k or more	11.6%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$293,800
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,348
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	32.8%
Ocupada por su propietario	72.3%
Viviendas vacías	12.4%
Año medio de construcción	1995

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	71.5%
Casa adosada	2.7%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	4.2%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	9.7%
20 o más viviendas	8.7%
Casa móvil	3.1%
Barco, autocaravana o furgoneta	0.1%

Precios y alquileres actuales

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Valor típico de la vivienda	$273,937as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 0.6%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 1.6%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 6.7%
Alquiler típico solicitado	$1,440as of 2026-07
Typical asking rent, 1 year	up 27.4%
Typical asking rent, 5 years	up 18.5%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$256,716 in 2016 to $273,937 in 2026.

Alquiler típico solicitado

$1,216 in 2021 to $1,440 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	3.1%
Licenciatura o superior	42.3%
Bachillerato o superior	96.8%
Trabaja desde casa	5.4%
Conduce solo al trabajo	87.4%
Usa el transporte público	0%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	5.3%

Salud

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesidad	37.3% 3.9 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	11.1% 0.9 pts below the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	12.2% 1 pts below the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	37% 2.9 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	17.3% 3 pts below the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	6.1% 5.2 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	26.5% 4.6 pts above the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	25.7% same as the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	27.3% 2.2 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	18.5% 2.5 pts above the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	77.4% 2.7 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	8.5% 0.8 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	9.3% 1.1 pts below the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	6% same as the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	81.1% 4.4 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	87.7% 1.8 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	14.6% same as the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	71.4% 7.1 pts above the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	6% 0.6 pts below the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	67.1% 5.8 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	32.1% 1.4 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Falta de apoyo emocional	24.1% 0.7 pts below the national average of 24.8%
Inseguridad alimentaria	12.5% 4.6 pts below the national average of 17.1%
Recibió cupones de alimentos	9% 5.3 pts below the national average of 14.3%
Discapacidad auditiva	7.2% 0.5 pts above the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	38% 1.8 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Inseguridad habitacional	9.9% 3.9 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	7.2% 1.2 pts below the national average of 8.4%
Falta de transporte	7.1% 2.1 pts below the national average of 9.2%
Soledad	33.6% 0.8 pts below the national average of 34.4%
Mamografía	79.8% 3.9 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	16.6% same as the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	12.3% 1.7 pts below the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	12.1% 1.4 pts below the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	3.1% 0.9 pts below the national average of 4%
Riesgo de corte de suministros	7.1% 1.7 pts below the national average of 8.8%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	34.7% 1.7 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	3.1% same as the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	8.4% 4.6 pts below the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	4.2% 1.4 pts below the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	939
Personas empleadas	11,813
Nómina anual	$508,181,000

Riesgo de desastres naturales

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Riesgo general	Mayor que el 93.2% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Relatively Moderate to Very High en los 11 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	94.3 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	21.4 sobre 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Huracán	97.7Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	97.6Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación costera	94.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	89.6Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	84.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	84.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	83.4Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	82.4Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	77.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	68.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	67.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	58.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	54.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	26.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	23Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Comparado con Louisiana y Estados Unidos

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	Louisiana	United States
Ingreso medio del hogar	$88,337	$60,023	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$46,278	$34,211	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	10%	18.9%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$293,800	$208,700	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,348	$1,038	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	72.3%	67.3%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	42.3%	26.6%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	3.1%	6.3%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	5.4%	7.2%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	6.1%	4.7%	13.9%
Edad media	35	37.8	38.7

Clima

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Estación meteorológica	LAKE CHARLES, LA US5 km away
Lluvia al año	60 in

Average high and low by month

enero	63°F / 43.4°F5.89 in rain
febrero	66.7°F / 47.1°F3.26 in rain
marzo	73.1°F / 53.1°F3.67 in rain
abril	79°F / 59.3°F4.44 in rain
mayo	85.4°F / 67.3°F5.4 in rain
junio	90.5°F / 73.7°F6.54 in rain
julio	92.2°F / 75.6°F5.69 in rain
agosto	92.8°F / 75.1°F6.19 in rain
septiembre	89.4°F / 70.7°F5.18 in rain
octubre	82.1°F / 60.4°F4.8 in rain
noviembre	72.2°F / 50.6°F4.13 in rain
diciembre	65.3°F / 45.3°F4.56 in rain

Acceso a alimentos

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Bajos ingresos y lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code
Lejos de un supermercado	86% of this ZIP code's area
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	75% of this ZIP code's area

Distritos escolares

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

Calcasieu Parish School District	100% de la superficie de este código postal

Comunidad y caminabilidad

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Vulnerabilidad social general	19más vulnerable que el 19% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	11más vulnerable que el 11% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	32más vulnerable que el 32% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	16más vulnerable que el 16% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	50más vulnerable que el 50% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	5.7 out of 20Least walkable

Códigos postales cercanos

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

70607 Lake Charles, LA	a 6.2 km
70601 Lake Charles, LA	a 7.3 km
70669 Westlake, LA	a 11.2 km
70615 Lake Charles, LA	a 14.3 km
70602 Lake Charles, LA	a 14.6 km
70606 Lake Charles, LA	a 14.6 km
70609 Lake Charles, LA	a 14.6 km
70612 Lake Charles, LA	a 14.6 km

Ubicación, condados y zona horaria

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Calcasieu Parish	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Central (UTC-06:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	42.96 sq mi
Superficie de agua	5.36 sq mi
Densidad de población	948 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	30.1693, -93.2218

Las cifras corresponden a este código postal o a su área de tabulación censal salvo que la sección indique otra cosa. Las estimaciones cuyo margen de error las hacía poco fiables se omiten en lugar de mostrarse. Fuentes: Oficina del Censo de EE. UU., CDC, IRS.