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85285

ZIP 85285 is in Tempe, Arizona, in Maricopa County; area codes 480, 602 and 623; Mountain Standard Time all year. Tempe has 8 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Phoenix
County
Maricopa
Coordinates
33.4148, -111.9093

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 85281, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 85285 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 85285
  • 🔢 Type 85285 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SBZSB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 85,285 = 5 × 37 × 461. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10100110100100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 85284 (Tempe, AZ, 5 mi away) and 85286 (Chandler, AZ, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 85285 becomes 58258 — and that is a real ZIP code: Mekinock, ND, 1,260 miles away.
  • 👥 8 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (28585, 52588, 58258, 58528, 58852, 85258, …). The farthest-flung twin is 28585 in Trenton, NC, 1,964 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 87%.
  • 🎯860 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 85285 and you would come out at 33.41°S, 68.09°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 establishments27This ZIP27
Employees1,652This ZIP1,652
Annual payroll$170,662,000This ZIP$170,662,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 85285

ZIPCityDistance
85280 Tempe, AZ 1.6 mi
85281 Tempe, AZ 1.7 mi
85287 Tempe, AZ 1.8 mi
85282 Tempe, AZ 2.0 mi
85288 Tempe, AZ 2.0 mi
85202 Mesa, AZ 3.1 mi
85257 Scottsdale, AZ 3.4 mi
85201 Mesa, AZ 3.6 mi
85283 Tempe, AZ 3.7 mi
85210 Mesa, AZ 4.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 85285?

85285 is in Tempe, Arizona, in Maricopa County, part of the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.4148, -111.9093.

What county is 85285 in?

85285 lies in Maricopa County.

What area code is 85285?

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

What time zone is 85285 in?

85285 uses America/Phoenix.

What ZIP codes are near 85285?

The closest are 85280 (1.6 mi), 85281 (1.7 mi), 85287 (1.8 mi), 85282 (2 mi) and 85288 (2 mi).

Is 85285 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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