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85244

ZIP 85244 is in Chandler, Arizona, in Maricopa County; Mountain Standard Time all year. Chandler has 8 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Phoenix
County
Maricopa
Coordinates
33.3213, -111.8888

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 85224, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 85244
  • 🔢 Type 85244 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hhZSB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 85,244 = 2 × 2 × 101 × 211. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10100110011111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 85236 (Higley, AZ, 10 mi away) and 85246 (Chandler, AZ, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 85244 becomes 44258 — and that is a real ZIP code: Medina, OH, 1,729 miles away.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24458, 24485, 24845, 24854, 25844, 28445, …). The farthest-flung twin is 28544 in Midway Park, NC, 1,974 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 87%.
  • 🎯863 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 85244 and you would come out at 33.32°S, 68.11°E — 1,113 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 57m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments26This ZIP26
Employees246This ZIP246
Annual payroll$9,091,000This ZIP$9,091,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 85244

ZIPCityDistance
85224 Chandler, AZ 0.7 mi
85284 Tempe, AZ 2.9 mi
85246 Chandler, AZ 2.9 mi
85225 Chandler, AZ 3.4 mi
85226 Chandler, AZ 3.8 mi
85283 Tempe, AZ 3.9 mi
85202 Mesa, AZ 4.1 mi
85286 Chandler, AZ 4.6 mi
85233 Gilbert, AZ 4.9 mi
85210 Mesa, AZ 5.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 85244?

85244 is in Chandler, Arizona, in Maricopa County, part of the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.3213, -111.8888.

What county is 85244 in?

85244 lies in Maricopa County.

What time zone is 85244 in?

85244 uses America/Phoenix.

What ZIP codes are near 85244?

The closest are 85224 (0.7 mi), 85284 (2.9 mi), 85246 (2.9 mi), 85225 (3.4 mi) and 85226 (3.8 mi).

Is 85244 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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