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St. Tammany County, LA

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 16 ZIP codes inside St. Tammany County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
16
in this county
Total population
262,585
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
12
distinct city/town names
Avg density
249
people / sq mi
Avg median income
household, ACS
Avg home value
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in St. Tammany County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
70433 Covington 39,957 317
70458 Slidell 38,748 716
70461 Slidell 32,042 231
70448 Mandeville 26,485 466
70471 Mandeville 21,949 293
70460 Slidell 21,709 218
70435 Covington 19,702 73
70447 Madisonville 17,141 214
70452 Pearl River 12,948 50
70445 Lacombe 10,151 36
70420 Abita Springs 8,378 51
70437 Folsom 7,794 35
70431 Bush 5,070 28
70464 Talisheek 249 28
70457 Saint Benedict 143 1,174
70463 Sun 119 53

About St. Tammany County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. St. Tammany County in Louisiana contains roughly 16 ZIP codes spread across 12 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 262,585. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider Louisiana index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 249, which classifies the county overall as a small town environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into St. Tammany County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping St. Tammany County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.