GEO codes

[lajackson]

I was thinking not knowing how big your ward is but the plus 4 could be a very small area.

By definition, the +4 part of a zip code designates one side of a street for one block, so they are all very small. You could find my house with only the zip+4, because my home is the only one on my side of the street on my block, but most blocks have a few more houses than that. (Mine actually has three houses, but the other two houses have addresses on the adjoining streets.)

[russellhltn]

By definition, the +4 part of a zip code designates one side of a street for one block, so they are all very small.

In the case of apartment buildings, it's one section of the common mailboxes.

There's also a zip + 4 for the street address and another for the range of addresses on the street.

So, yes, a normal zip + 4 is going to result in very small sections, unless you go for one of the more generic codes.

[drepouille]

The zip will start in its own column and this will split in tp 2 columns

My ward covers two counties and many zip codes. Using text-to-columns does not move the first five digits of the zip code into a new column, since there is no hyphen preceding it. I suppose I could do a find/replace to insert a hyphen before the first digit of the zip codes, which are all 680xx or 681xx in my ward.
The maps available in Ward Map and CDOL do not allow us to break each grouping of member households into easily handled maps.

[falcon771]

Using text-to-columns does not move the first five digits of the zip code into a new column, since there is no hyphen preceding it.

Assuming you are using Microsoft Excel:

When using Text to Columns, select the Fixed Width radio button, under the Orignal data type selection. After clicking Next, you can click and drag the break line for where you want to split the data.