AreaProfile

70563New Iberia, Louisiana

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 70563.

62
Area Score
Bottom 48% of 3,833 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
Opportunity2253rd of 4,073 published ZIP areas52
Growth2659th of 3,947 published ZIP areas39
Housing affordabilityTop 6% of 4,553 published ZIP areas100
ClimateTop 19% of 4,621 published ZIP areas81
Physical resilience3381st of 4,554 published ZIP areas31
AccessTop 25% of 4,623 published ZIP areas98
Economic stability3039th of 4,591 published ZIP areas51
The quick read

Housing is more affordable relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles, with rent taking 16% of median household income.

Physical-risk exposure is above the national median, driven mainly by hurricane, inland flooding and lightning.

A major airport is 9 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
20,165
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$76,477
Top 43% nationally
Density
322/sq mi
62.7 sq mi of land
Median age
40.3
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
New Iberia
Louisiana
Metro area
New Iberia, LA
Nearest major airport
ARA
9 mi · Acadiana Rgnl
Median home value
$210,700
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 5.5% is lower than 15% of the 4,387 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment grew 1.2% over the past year, to 10,183 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$6,574$76,477Top 43%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,794$35,123Bottom 45%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate14.4%Top 33%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute25.8 minBottom 39%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher22.2%Bottom 47%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment10,183Bottom 1%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)2.0%Top 26%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)1.2%Top 9%June 2026
Labor force10,781Bottom 1%June 2026
Labor force participation63.9%Top 37%2024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)-0.2%Bottom 37%June 2026
Unemployment rate5.5%Top 15%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202476k66k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $76,477 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for New Iberia, LA, the city containing this ZIP code.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,038 takes 16% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 2.8 times median household income here, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Rent as a share of income
16.3%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.8×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,038
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$210,700
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income2.76Bottom 38%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate79.6%Top 48%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±5008,439Top 19%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$77$1,038Top 48%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$17,916$210,700Bottom 47%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income16.3%Bottom 40%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate7.6%Bottom 36%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
39/ 100
Ranks 2659 of 3,947 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

At 0.7 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
18
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
0.7
Bottom 15% nationally
Year over year
0%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
33.3%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for New Iberia, LA, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

8 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 92°F and January a low of 43°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 59.7 inches.

30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station NEW IBERIA ACADIANA RGNL AP, 9.1 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND6.7"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation59.7"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low43°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high92°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months81991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing30°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

31 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are hurricane, inland flooding and lightning.

HurricaneHigh
LightningModerate
DroughtModerate
Heat waveModerate
Inland floodingElevated
Coastal floodingModerate

Low or minimal exposure: tornado, cold wave, ice storm, earthquake, winter weather, strong wind, hail, wildfire, landslide.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

4 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 9 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Acadiana RgnlARA9 mi8,002 ft
Lafayette Rgnl/Paul Fournet FldLFT20 mi8,000 ft
Chennault IntlCWF85 mi10,702 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

70563 vs New Iberia

How this ZIP area compares with New Iberia as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

70563
New Iberia
Median household income
$76,477
vs
$47,087
Per capita income
$35,123
vs
$31,076
Population density
322/sq mi
vs
2,475/sq mi
Median home value
$210,700
vs
$158,300
Median gross rent
$1,038
vs
$894
Homeownership rate
79.6%
vs
51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher
22.2%
vs
17.3%
Poverty rate
14.4%
vs
26.7%
Median age
40.3
vs
37.0

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.