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85005

ZIP 85005 is in Phoenix, Arizona, in Maricopa County; area codes 480, 602 and 623; Mountain Standard Time all year. Phoenix has 77 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Phoenix
County
Maricopa
Coordinates
33.4484, -112.0740

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 85004, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 85005 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 85005
  • 🔢 Type 85005 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOOSB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 85,005 = 3 × 3 × 5 × 1889. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10100110000001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 85004 (Phoenix, AZ, 0 mi away) and 85006 (Phoenix, AZ, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 85005 becomes 50058 — and that is a real ZIP code: Coon Rapids, IA, 1,111 miles away.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05058, 05085, 05850, 08055, 08505, 08550, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05850 in Lyndon Center, VT, 2,256 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 87%.
  • 🎯867 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 85005 and you would come out at 33.45°S, 67.93°E — 1,105 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 56m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments11This ZIP11
Employees776This ZIP776
Annual payroll$54,757,000This ZIP$54,757,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 85005

ZIPCityDistance
85001 Phoenix, AZ 0.0 mi
85002 Phoenix, AZ 0.0 mi
85010 Phoenix, AZ 0.0 mi
85011 Phoenix, AZ 0.0 mi
85025 Phoenix, AZ 0.0 mi
85030 Phoenix, AZ 0.0 mi
85036 Phoenix, AZ 0.0 mi
85038 Phoenix, AZ 0.0 mi
85039 Phoenix, AZ 0.0 mi
85046 Phoenix, AZ 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 85005?

85005 is in Phoenix, Arizona, in Maricopa County, part of the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.4484, -112.0740.

What county is 85005 in?

85005 lies in Maricopa County.

What area code is 85005?

Phoenix uses area codes 480, 602 and 623, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 85005 in?

85005 uses America/Phoenix.

What ZIP codes are near 85005?

The closest are 85001 (0 mi), 85002 (0 mi), 85010 (0 mi), 85011 (0 mi) and 85025 (0 mi).

Is 85005 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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