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85142

ZIP 85142 is Queen Creek, Arizona, mostly in Pinal County; area code 520; Mountain Standard Time all year.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Phoenix
County
Pinal +1 more
Population
93,700
Coordinates
33.1924, -111.6659
☼ Live from 85142 — Queen Creek, AZ

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Where 85142 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 85142
  • 🔢 Type 85142 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhISB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 85,142 = 2 × 42571. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10100110010010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 85141 (Picacho, AZ, 40 mi away) and 85143 (San Tan Valley, AZ, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 85142 becomes 24158, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12458, 12485, 12548, 12584, 12845, 12854, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12854 in North Granville, NY, 2,174 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 86%.
  • 🎯858 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 85142 and you would come out at 33.19°S, 68.33°E — 1,120 miles from Port Louis, Mauritius, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 21m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 57m.
  • 📏 At 101.3 square miles of land, 85142 is bigger than 78% of ZIP codes — room for about 77 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population93,700This ZIP93,700
Households28,504This ZIP28,504
Housing units29,983This ZIP29,983
Median age35.5This ZIP35.5Arizona39.0US 38.9
Median household income$129,367This ZIP$129,367Arizona$79,964US $80,734
Median home value$593,500This ZIP$593,500Arizona$394,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,187This ZIP$2,187Arizona$1,543US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher38.2%This ZIP38.2%
Mean commute31.9 minThis ZIP31.9 min
Population density924.7 / sq miThis ZIP924.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,733This ZIP1,733
Employees15,299This ZIP15,299
Annual payroll$602,637,000This ZIP$602,637,000
Tax returns filed40,430This ZIP40,430
Total adjusted gross income$4,495,406,000This ZIP$4,495,406,000

Land area

Land area101.33 sq miThis ZIP101.33 sq mi
Water area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi

Counties 85142 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Pinal County 67.6%
Maricopa County 32.4%

Other place names in 85142

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ZIP codes near 85142

ZIPCityDistance
85127 Chandler Heights, AZ 2.3 mi
85298 Gilbert, AZ 4.9 mi
85297 Gilbert, AZ 7.2 mi
85147 Sacaton, AZ 7.4 mi
85144 San Tan Valley, AZ 8.0 mi
85249 Chandler, AZ 8.1 mi
85295 Gilbert, AZ 8.8 mi
85143 San Tan Valley, AZ 8.8 mi
85212 Mesa, AZ 9.1 mi
85236 Higley, AZ 9.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 85142?

85142 is in Queen Creek, Arizona, in Pinal County, part of the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.1924, -111.6659.

What county is 85142 in?

85142 spans 2 counties: Pinal County and Maricopa County. Most of it falls in Pinal 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 85142?

Queen Creek uses area code 520, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 85142 in?

85142 uses America/Phoenix.

How many people live in 85142?

About 93,700 people live in ZIP code 85142, in 28,504 households, at 924.7 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 85142?

$129,367 a year, against $79,964 across Arizona.

What ZIP codes are near 85142?

The closest are 85127 (2.3 mi), 85298 (4.9 mi), 85297 (7.2 mi), 85147 (7.4 mi) and 85144 (8 mi).

Is 85142 a PO Box ZIP code?

85142 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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