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85216

ZIP 85216 is in Mesa, Arizona, in Maricopa County; Mountain Standard Time all year. Mesa has 19 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Phoenix
County
Maricopa
Coordinates
33.4125, -111.8319

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 85210, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 85216 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 85216
  • 🔢 Type 85216 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIZSB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 85,216 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2663. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10100110011100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 85215 (Mesa, AZ, 16 mi away) and 85224 (Chandler, AZ, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 85216 becomes 61258 — and that is a real ZIP code: Hooppole, IL, 1,321 miles away.
  • 👥 54 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12568, 12586, 12856, 12865, 15268, 15286, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12865 in Salem, NY, 2,172 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 87%.
  • 🎯857 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 85216 and you would come out at 33.41°S, 68.17°E — 1,106 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 establishments13This ZIP13
Employees69This ZIP69
Annual payroll$4,049,000This ZIP$4,049,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 85216

ZIPCityDistance
85214 Mesa, AZ 0.0 mi
85274 Mesa, AZ 0.0 mi
85275 Mesa, AZ 0.0 mi
85277 Mesa, AZ 0.0 mi
85210 Mesa, AZ 1.7 mi
85201 Mesa, AZ 1.8 mi
85204 Mesa, AZ 2.9 mi
85203 Mesa, AZ 3.1 mi
85202 Mesa, AZ 3.4 mi
85211 Mesa, AZ 3.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 85216?

85216 is in Mesa, Arizona, in Maricopa County, part of the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.4125, -111.8319.

What county is 85216 in?

85216 lies in Maricopa County.

What time zone is 85216 in?

85216 uses America/Phoenix.

What ZIP codes are near 85216?

The closest are 85214 (0 mi), 85274 (0 mi), 85275 (0 mi), 85277 (0 mi) and 85210 (1.7 mi).

Is 85216 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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