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85550

ZIP 85550 is San Carlos, Arizona, in Gila County; area code 928; Mountain Standard Time all year.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Phoenix
County
Gila
Metro area
Payson, AZ
Population
5,696
Coordinates
33.5485, -110.5090
☼ Live from 85550 — San Carlos, AZ

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Where 85550 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 85550
  • 🔢 Type 85550 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSSSB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 85,550 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 29 × 59. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10100111000101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 85548 (Safford, AZ, 68 mi away) and 85551 (Solomon, AZ, 78 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 85550 becomes 05558, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05855, 08555, 50558, 50585, 55085, 55805, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05855 in Newport, VT, 2,172 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 82% 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 85550 and you would come out at 33.55°S, 69.49°E — 1,092 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 55m.
  • 📏 At 428.4 square miles of land, 85550 is bigger than 97% of ZIP codes — room for about 325 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,696This ZIP5,696
Households1,427This ZIP1,427
Housing units1,535This ZIP1,535
Median age29.8This ZIP29.8Arizona39.0US 38.9
Median household income$51,491This ZIP$51,491Arizona$79,964US $80,734
Median home value$65,800This ZIP$65,800Arizona$394,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$535This ZIP$535Arizona$1,543US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher3.3%This ZIP3.3%
Mean commute21.2 minThis ZIP21.2 min
Population density13.3 / sq miThis ZIP13.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees404This ZIP404
Annual payroll$13,150,000This ZIP$13,150,000

Land area

Land area428.38 sq miThis ZIP428.38 sq mi
Water area0.55 sq miThis ZIP0.55 sq mi

Other place names in 85550

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ZIP codes near 85550

ZIPCityDistance
85501 Globe, AZ 15.0 mi
85502 Globe, AZ 19.2 mi
85542 Peridot, AZ 19.2 mi
85532 Claypool, AZ 21.5 mi
85539 Miami, AZ 28.4 mi
85926 Fort Apache, AZ 34.1 mi
85530 Bylas, AZ 34.9 mi
85941 Whiteriver, AZ 34.9 mi
85545 Roosevelt, AZ 36.4 mi
85911 Cibecue, AZ 37.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 85550?

85550 is in San Carlos, Arizona, in Gila County, part of the Payson, AZ micropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.5485, -110.5090.

What county is 85550 in?

85550 lies in Gila County.

What area code is 85550?

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

What time zone is 85550 in?

85550 uses America/Phoenix.

How many people live in 85550?

About 5,696 people live in ZIP code 85550, in 1,427 households, at 13.3 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 85550?

$51,491 a year, against $79,964 across Arizona.

What ZIP codes are near 85550?

The closest are 85501 (15 mi), 85502 (19.2 mi), 85542 (19.2 mi), 85532 (21.5 mi) and 85539 (28.4 mi).

Is 85550 a PO Box ZIP code?

85550 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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