Louisiana · Census place 2255105
New Roads, Louisiana
New Roads is a city in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 4,295 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 69th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,295
- #69 of 155 in Louisiana
- Change since 2020
- -5.3%
- -241 people
- Land area
- 4.6 sq mi
- Density
- 938 / sq mi
- State median 1,568
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New Roads population, 2020 to 2024
New Roads lost 241 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.3%. In the latest year it moved by -48.
New Roads covers 4.58 square miles of land, for 938 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so New Roads is less dense than the typical town.
What county New Roads is in
All of New Roads's residents live in Pointe Coupee Parish, which had 19,845 residents in 2024. New Roads holds 21.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in New Roads
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps New Roads by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70760. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where New Roads is
The Census internal point of New Roads is at 30.695900, -91.453800. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 22.9 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Zachary, LA (20,370 people), 17.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baton Rouge, LA, 26.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.695900, -91.453800
- DMS
- 30°41'45.24"N 91°27'13.68"W
- UTM
- 15N 648084.6E 3396921.0N
- Geohash
- 9vqywuj2s
- Plus code
- 862CMGWW+9F
Daylight in New Roads
At 30.70° N, New Roads gets about 14 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near New Roads
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is St. Francisville, 7.6 miles away, with 1,484 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of New Roads, LA?
4,295 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 241 (5.3%) from 4,536 in July 2020.
What county is New Roads in?
Pointe Coupee Parish. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover New Roads?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 70760.
How far is New Roads from Baton Rouge?
22.9 miles (36.9 km) in a straight line, heading SE from New Roads.
What is the nearest larger city to New Roads?
Zachary, LA, with 20,370 residents, 17.3 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.