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/72730

72730

ZIP 72730 is Farmington, Arkansas, in Washington County; area code 479; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Washington
Population
11,570
Coordinates
36.0305, -94.2687
☼ Live from 72730 — Farmington, AR

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 72730 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 72730
  • 🔢 Type 72730 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OELZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,730 = 2 × 5 × 7 × 1039. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001110000011010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72729 (Evansville, AR, 20 mi away) and 72732 (Garfield, AR, 33 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72730 becomes 03727, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07723, 07732, 20737, 20773, 23707, 27370, …). The farthest-flung twin is 07732 in Highlands, NJ, 1,139 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 67%.
  • 🎯352 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72730 and you would come out at 36.03°S, 85.73°E — 1,207 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 20.8 square miles of land, 72730 is bigger than 38% of ZIP codes — room for about 16 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 72730 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population11,570This ZIP11,570
Households4,408This ZIP4,408
Housing units4,522This ZIP4,522
Median age37.3This ZIP37.3Arkansas38.5US 38.9
Median household income$91,731This ZIP$91,731Arkansas$60,773US $80,734
Median home value$310,100This ZIP$310,100Arkansas$188,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,324This ZIP$1,324Arkansas$947US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher32.5%This ZIP32.5%
Mean commute23.4 minThis ZIP23.4 min
Population density556.7 / sq miThis ZIP556.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments205This ZIP205
Employees1,536This ZIP1,536
Annual payroll$62,310,000This ZIP$62,310,000
Tax returns filed5,310This ZIP5,310
Total adjusted gross income$452,035,000This ZIP$452,035,000

Land area

Land area20.78 sq miThis ZIP20.78 sq mi
Water area0.10 sq miThis ZIP0.10 sq mi

Other place names in 72730

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

ZIP codes near 72730

ZIPCityDistance
72704 Fayetteville, AR 5.4 mi
72737 Greenland, AR 5.8 mi
72702 Fayetteville, AR 6.6 mi
72753 Prairie Grove, AR 7.5 mi
72770 Tontitown, AR 8.4 mi
72741 Johnson, AR 9.1 mi
72774 West Fork, AR 9.8 mi
72744 Lincoln, AR 10.4 mi
72701 Fayetteville, AR 10.6 mi
72762 Springdale, AR 10.7 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 72730 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72730?

72730 is in Farmington, Arkansas, in Washington County, part of the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0305, -94.2687.

What county is 72730 in?

72730 lies in Washington County.

What area code is 72730?

Farmington uses area code 479, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 72730 in?

72730 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 72730?

About 11,570 people live in ZIP code 72730, in 4,408 households, at 556.7 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 72730?

$91,731 a year, against $60,773 across Arkansas.

What ZIP codes are near 72730?

The closest are 72704 (5.4 mi), 72737 (5.8 mi), 72702 (6.6 mi), 72753 (7.5 mi) and 72770 (8.4 mi).

Is 72730 a PO Box ZIP code?

72730 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “72730 ZIP Code — Farmington, Arkansas (Washington County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/72730

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/72730.json

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