Fordoche is a town in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, home to about 934 people across 2.4 square miles. Its ZIP code is 70732.
Homes sold for a median of $115 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026.
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Fordoche. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)91 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR)28 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | New Orleans, LA107 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Houston, TX232 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Fordoche; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Fordoche had 910 residents in the 2020 census, down 2% since 2000.
It’s the 280th largest of 487 towns in Louisiana by population.
Pointe Coupee Parish grew from 25,777 residents in 1900 to 20,758 in 2020.
Pointe Coupee Parish, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 92°F in summer, and winter lows average 42°F. About 58.6 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 0 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, New Roads 5 Ne, LA weather station (17 miles away).
4,127 jobs at 363 businesses in Pointe Coupee Parish. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Nearest hospitals
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances.
Parks (1 nearby)
Counts are within about 1.5 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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