ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 70426

Washington County, Louisiana: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Data updated 2026-08-24

739
Property rate /100K (county)
5,912
Population (ZIP)
249
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 70426 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 70426 sits within Washington County, LA, a county whose reported crime runs below the national average (see the county-level FBI figures below, not a ZIP-specific calculation).

Washington County's reported crime sits somewhat below the national average: 249 violent and 739 property incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024.

ZIP 70426 carries a Census-reported population of 5,912, ranking #3 of 4 ZIPs in Washington County, spread across 124.38 square miles (about 48 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Washington County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Washington County crime page linked below.

ZIP 70426 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Washington County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 70426 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income
$25,885
Median age
41.9 years
Owner-occupied homes
68%
Occupied homes
2,062

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

How useful is the county proxy for ZIP 70426?

Within the participating-agency records for Washington County, reported violent and property crime rates both sit below their U.S. benchmarks: violent crime is 29% below and property crime is 57% below. The two submitted measures point in the same direction, but they do not establish complete county coverage or turn the result into a ZIP-level rating for 70426. Both comparisons use the same 2024 county reporting population and FBI-submitted counts, so the two directions are internally comparable for this release, not evidence about a different year.

70426 is comparatively spread out at about 48 people per square mile. That settlement pattern may differ sharply from the county's population centers, another reason to use the county rates as regional context rather than a local estimate.

Washington County UCR book ZIP 70426 inherits

ZIP 70426 itself is about 48 people per Census sq mi across 124.4 sq mi (5,912 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 70426 accounts for roughly 13% of the county reporting population (5,912 of 45,463).

Washington County leans on larceny-theft at 45% of reported offenses (mix index 2,858). ZIP 70426 has no separate FBI offense book.

Washington County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts -18% vs 2023; property counts -5% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

Washington County offense mix (2024)

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on county offense-type shares. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero; still county-agency data, not a ZIP-native FBI table.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 70426

Similar county violent rate (~249/100K)

Similar Census population (~5,912)

County detail: Washington County · State atlas: Louisiana

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.