Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/85542

85542

ZIP 85542 is Peridot, Arizona, mostly in Graham County; area code 928; Mountain Standard Time all year.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Phoenix
County
Graham +1 more
Metro area
Safford, AZ
Population
2,885
Coordinates
33.3247, -110.3108
☼ Live from 85542 — Peridot, AZ

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 85542 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 85542
  • 🔢 Type 85542 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhSSB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 85,542 = 2 × 3 × 53 × 269. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10100111000100110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 85541 (Payson, AZ, 86 mi away) and 85543 (Pima, AZ, 35 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 85542 becomes 24558 — and that is a real ZIP code: Halifax, VA, 1,781 miles away.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24558, 24855, 25845, 25854, 28455, 28545, …). The farthest-flung twin is 28545 in Mccutcheon Field, NC, 1,879 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 86%.
  • 🎯790 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 85542 and you would come out at 33.32°S, 69.69°E — 1,108 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.
  • 📏 At 253.9 square miles of land, 85542 is bigger than 93% of ZIP codes — room for about 193 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 85542 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population2,885This ZIP2,885
Households788This ZIP788
Housing units832This ZIP832
Median age30.0This ZIP30.0Arizona39.0US 38.9
Median household income$29,022This ZIP$29,022Arizona$79,964US $80,734
Median home value$31,900This ZIP$31,900Arizona$394,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$622This ZIP$622Arizona$1,543US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher5.9%This ZIP5.9%
Mean commute33.4 minThis ZIP33.4 min
Population density11.4 / sq miThis ZIP11.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees1,051This ZIP1,051
Annual payroll$72,686,000This ZIP$72,686,000
Tax returns filed910This ZIP910
Total adjusted gross income$37,021,000This ZIP$37,021,000

Land area

Land area253.88 sq miThis ZIP253.88 sq mi
Water area12.11 sq miThis ZIP12.11 sq mi

Counties 85542 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Graham County 86.2%
Gila County 13.8%

Other place names in 85542

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 85542

ZIPCityDistance
85530 Bylas, AZ 16.7 mi
85550 San Carlos, AZ 19.2 mi
85536 Fort Thomas, AZ 22.2 mi
85502 Globe, AZ 27.9 mi
85501 Globe, AZ 31.0 mi
85532 Claypool, AZ 31.2 mi
85535 Eden, AZ 32.8 mi
85192 Winkelman, AZ 32.8 mi
85543 Pima, AZ 35.0 mi
85135 Hayden, AZ 35.4 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 85542 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 85542?

85542 is in Peridot, Arizona, in Graham County, part of the Safford, AZ micropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.3247, -110.3108.

What county is 85542 in?

85542 spans 2 counties: Graham County and Gila County. Most of it falls in Graham 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 85542?

Peridot uses area code 928, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 85542 in?

85542 uses America/Phoenix.

How many people live in 85542?

About 2,885 people live in ZIP code 85542, in 788 households, at 11.4 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 85542?

$29,022 a year, against $79,964 across Arizona.

What ZIP codes are near 85542?

The closest are 85530 (16.7 mi), 85550 (19.2 mi), 85536 (22.2 mi), 85502 (27.9 mi) and 85501 (31 mi).

Is 85542 a PO Box ZIP code?

85542 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “85542 ZIP Code — Peridot, Arizona (Graham County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/85542

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/85542.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.