ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 71418

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

Data updated 2026-08-24

829
Property rate /100K (county)
5,363
Population (ZIP)
404
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 71418 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 71418 sits within Caldwell County, LA. The figures below are the county's own FBI UCR numbers for 2024, the most accurate available statistic for this location, not a ZIP-specific calculation.

Caldwell County reported a violent-crime rate of 404 per 100,000 residents and a property-crime rate of 829 per 100,000 in 2024, drawing on county-level agency submissions.

ZIP 71418 carries a Census-reported population of 5,363, ranking #1 of 4 ZIPs in Caldwell County, spread across 355.43 square miles (about 15 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Caldwell County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Caldwell County crime page linked below.

ZIP 71418 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Caldwell County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 71418 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
$31,928
Median age
36.4 years
Owner-occupied homes
69%
Occupied homes
1,823

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 71418?

Participating agencies give Caldwell County a split reported profile: violent crime is 15% above the U.S. benchmark while property crime is 52% below it. A single "high" or "low" label would hide that difference; the submissions neither establish complete county coverage nor identify conditions within ZIP 71418. 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.

71418 is comparatively spread out at about 15 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.

Caldwell County UCR book ZIP 71418 inherits

ZIP 71418 itself is about 15 people per Census sq mi across 355.4 sq mi (5,363 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 71418's 5,363 residents are about 55.6% of the 2024 county reporting population (9,645), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.

Caldwell County leans on larceny-theft at 49% of reported offenses (mix index 3,522). ZIP 71418 has no separate FBI offense book.

Caldwell County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts -38% vs 2023; property counts -9% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

Caldwell 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 71418

Similar Census population (~5,363)

County detail: Caldwell 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.