Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/35023

35023

ZIP 35023 is in Bessemer, Alabama, in Jefferson County; area codes 205 and 659; Central time. Bessemer has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 35020, 35021 and 35022.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jefferson
Metro area
Birmingham, AL
Population
25,533
Coordinates
33.4678, -87.0882
☼ Live from 35023 — Bessemer, AL

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 35023 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 35023
  • 🔢 Type 35023 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EZOSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 35023 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000100011001111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35022 (Bessemer, AL, 12 mi away) and 35031 (Blountsville, AL, 53 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35023 becomes 32053 — and that is a real ZIP code: Jennings, FL, 305 miles away.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03235, 03253, 20533, 23035, 23350, 23503, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03253 in Meredith, NH, 1,093 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 51%.
  • 🎯773 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35023 and you would come out at 33.47°S, 92.91°E — 1,336 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 56m.
  • 📏 At 91.7 square miles of land, 35023 is bigger than 76% of ZIP codes — room for about 70 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 35023 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population25,533This ZIP25,533
Households8,679This ZIP8,679
Housing units9,918This ZIP9,918
Median age40.3This ZIP40.3Alabama39.3US 38.9
Median household income$69,863This ZIP$69,863Alabama$63,999US $80,734
Median home value$161,800This ZIP$161,800Alabama$209,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,266This ZIP$1,266Alabama$1,007US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.3%This ZIP17.3%
Mean commute28.5 minThis ZIP28.5 min
Population density278.5 / sq miThis ZIP278.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments376This ZIP376
Employees5,433This ZIP5,433
Annual payroll$290,479,000This ZIP$290,479,000
Tax returns filed10,330This ZIP10,330
Total adjusted gross income$575,399,000This ZIP$575,399,000

Land area

Land area91.69 sq miThis ZIP91.69 sq mi
Water area1.51 sq miThis ZIP1.51 sq mi

Other place names in 35023

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 35023

ZIPCityDistance
35118 Mulga, AL 5.1 mi
35127 Pleasant Grove, AL 6.7 mi
35006 Adger, AL 7.7 mi
35061 Dolomite, AL 8.2 mi
35020 Bessemer, AL 8.9 mi
35224 Birmingham, AL 9.2 mi
35288 Birmingham, AL 9.3 mi
35228 Birmingham, AL 9.6 mi
35064 Fairfield, AL 9.7 mi
35021 Bessemer, AL 10.6 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 35023 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35023?

35023 is in Bessemer, Alabama, in Jefferson County, part of the Birmingham, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.4678, -87.0882.

What county is 35023 in?

35023 lies in Jefferson County.

What area code is 35023?

Bessemer uses area codes 205 and 659, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 35023 in?

35023 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 35023?

About 25,533 people live in ZIP code 35023, in 8,679 households, at 278.5 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 35023?

$69,863 a year, against $63,999 across Alabama.

What ZIP codes are near 35023?

The closest are 35118 (5.1 mi), 35127 (6.7 mi), 35006 (7.7 mi), 35061 (8.2 mi) and 35020 (8.9 mi).

Is 35023 a PO Box ZIP code?

35023 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “35023 ZIP Code — Bessemer, Alabama (Jefferson County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/35023

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/35023.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.