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72120

ZIP 72120 is Sherwood, Arkansas, mostly in Pulaski County; area code 501; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Pulaski +1 more
Population
34,365
Coordinates
34.9022, -92.2408
☼ Live from 72120 — Sherwood, AR

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Where 72120 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 72120
  • 🔢 Type 72120 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZIZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,120 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 601. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001100110111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72119 (North Little Rock, AR, 5 mi away) and 72121 (Pangburn, AR, 46 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72120 becomes 02127 — and that is a real ZIP code: Boston, MA, 1,250 miles away.
  • 👥 37 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01227, 02127, 02217, 02712, 02721, 10272, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02217 in Boston, MA, 1,256 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 61%.
  • 🎯487 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72120 and you would come out at 34.90°S, 87.76°E — 1,337 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
  • 📏 At 54.2 square miles of land, 72120 is bigger than 62% of ZIP codes — room for about 41 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population34,365This ZIP34,365
Households14,717This ZIP14,717
Housing units15,627This ZIP15,627
Median age42.6This ZIP42.6Arkansas38.5US 38.9
Median household income$76,598This ZIP$76,598Arkansas$60,773US $80,734
Median home value$200,400This ZIP$200,400Arkansas$188,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,094This ZIP$1,094Arkansas$947US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher36.5%This ZIP36.5%
Mean commute24.3 minThis ZIP24.3 min
Population density634.1 / sq miThis ZIP634.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments542This ZIP542
Employees6,418This ZIP6,418
Annual payroll$320,472,000This ZIP$320,472,000
Tax returns filed16,680This ZIP16,680
Total adjusted gross income$1,289,306,000This ZIP$1,289,306,000

Land area

Land area54.19 sq miThis ZIP54.19 sq mi
Water area0.56 sq miThis ZIP0.56 sq mi

Counties 72120 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Pulaski County 68.9%
Faulkner County 31.1%

Other place names in 72120

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

ZIP codes near 72120

ZIPCityDistance
72099 Little Rock Air Force Base, AR 4.9 mi
72119 North Little Rock, AR 5.5 mi
72199 North Little Rock, AR 5.8 mi
72216 Little Rock, AR 5.8 mi
72076 Jacksonville, AR 5.9 mi
72217 Little Rock, AR 6.4 mi
72118 North Little Rock, AR 6.4 mi
72116 North Little Rock, AR 7.1 mi
72231 Little Rock, AR 7.5 mi
72078 Jacksonville, AR 7.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72120?

72120 is in Sherwood, Arkansas, in Pulaski County, part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.9022, -92.2408.

What county is 72120 in?

72120 spans 2 counties: Pulaski County and Faulkner County. Most of it falls in Pulaski County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 72120?

Sherwood uses area code 501, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 72120 in?

72120 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 72120?

About 34,365 people live in ZIP code 72120, in 14,717 households, at 634.1 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 72120?

$76,598 a year, against $60,773 across Arkansas.

What ZIP codes are near 72120?

The closest are 72099 (4.9 mi), 72119 (5.5 mi), 72199 (5.8 mi), 72216 (5.8 mi) and 72076 (5.9 mi).

Is 72120 a PO Box ZIP code?

72120 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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