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/72853

72853

ZIP 72853 is Ola, Arkansas, mostly in Yell County; area code 479; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Yell +1 more
Metro area
Russellville, AR
Population
2,002
Coordinates
35.0135, -93.2287
☼ Live from 72853 — Ola, AR

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 72853 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 72853
  • 🔢 Type 72853 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESBZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,853 = 11 × 37 × 179. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001110010010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72852 (Oark, AR, 49 mi away) and 72854 (Ozone, AR, 49 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72853 becomes 35827, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23857, 23875, 25387, 25837, 25873, 27358, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83725 in Boise, ID, 1,358 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 64%.
  • 🎯444 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72853 and you would come out at 35.01°S, 86.77°E — 1,298 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
  • 📏 At 78.4 square miles of land, 72853 is bigger than 72% of ZIP codes — room for about 59 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 72853 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population2,002This ZIP2,002
Households905This ZIP905
Housing units1,082This ZIP1,082
Median age47.3This ZIP47.3Arkansas38.5US 38.9
Median household income$35,262This ZIP$35,262Arkansas$60,773US $80,734
Median home value$98,100This ZIP$98,100Arkansas$188,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$574This ZIP$574Arkansas$947US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher6.8%This ZIP6.8%
Mean commute21.1 minThis ZIP21.1 min
Population density25.6 / sq miThis ZIP25.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees242This ZIP242
Annual payroll$12,079,000This ZIP$12,079,000
Tax returns filed660This ZIP660
Total adjusted gross income$34,508,000This ZIP$34,508,000

Land area

Land area78.35 sq miThis ZIP78.35 sq mi
Water area0.43 sq miThis ZIP0.43 sq mi

Counties 72853 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Yell County 87.2%
Perry County 12.8%

Other place names in 72853

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

ZIP codes near 72853

ZIPCityDistance
72829 Centerville, AR 6.9 mi
72834 Dardanelle, AR 11.0 mi
72857 Plainview, AR 11.8 mi
72860 Rover, AR 12.7 mi
72824 Belleville, AR 13.1 mi
72025 Casa, AR 13.3 mi
72833 Danville, AR 15.4 mi
72858 Pottsville, AR 17.1 mi
72828 Briggsville, AR 18.3 mi
72126 Perryville, AR 18.8 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 72853 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72853?

72853 is in Ola, Arkansas, in Yell County, part of the Russellville, AR micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.0135, -93.2287.

What county is 72853 in?

72853 spans 2 counties: Yell County and Perry County. Most of it falls in Yell 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 72853?

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

What time zone is 72853 in?

72853 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 72853?

About 2,002 people live in ZIP code 72853, in 905 households, at 25.6 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 72853?

$35,262 a year, against $60,773 across Arkansas.

What ZIP codes are near 72853?

The closest are 72829 (6.9 mi), 72834 (11 mi), 72857 (11.8 mi), 72860 (12.7 mi) and 72824 (13.1 mi).

Is 72853 a PO Box ZIP code?

72853 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “72853 ZIP Code — Ola, Arkansas (Yell County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/72853

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/72853.json

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