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85602

ZIP 85602 is Benson, Arizona, mostly in Cochise County; area code 520; Mountain Standard Time all year.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Phoenix
County
Cochise +1 more
Population
10,019
Coordinates
32.1675, -110.4119
☼ Live from 85602 — Benson, AZ

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Where 85602 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 85602
  • 🔢 Type 85602 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOgSB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 85,602 = 2 × 3 × 11 × 1297. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10100111001100010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 85601 (Arivaca, AZ, 67 mi away) and 85603 (Bisbee, AZ, 58 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 85602 becomes 20658 — and that is a real ZIP code: Marbury, MD, 1,914 miles away.
  • 👥 61 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02568, 02865, 05682, 05826, 05862, 06258, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02568 in Vineyard Haven, MA, 2,271 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 86%.
  • 🎯846 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 85602 and you would come out at 32.17°S, 69.59°E — 1,116 miles from Port Louis, Mauritius, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 16m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 02m.
  • 📏 At 847.5 square miles of land, 85602 is bigger than 99% of ZIP codes — room for about 643 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population10,019This ZIP10,019
Households4,503This ZIP4,503
Housing units5,627This ZIP5,627
Median age54.2This ZIP54.2Arizona39.0US 38.9
Median household income$53,008This ZIP$53,008Arizona$79,964US $80,734
Median home value$203,200This ZIP$203,200Arizona$394,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$786This ZIP$786Arizona$1,543US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher26.7%This ZIP26.7%
Mean commute33.0 minThis ZIP33.0 min
Population density11.8 / sq miThis ZIP11.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments195This ZIP195
Employees2,194This ZIP2,194
Annual payroll$95,981,000This ZIP$95,981,000
Tax returns filed4,580This ZIP4,580
Total adjusted gross income$266,334,000This ZIP$266,334,000

Land area

Land area847.54 sq miThis ZIP847.54 sq mi
Water area0.31 sq miThis ZIP0.31 sq mi

Counties 85602 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Cochise County 69.5%
Pima County 30.5%

Other place names in 85602

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

ZIP codes near 85602

ZIPCityDistance
85627 Pomerene, AZ 15.1 mi
85641 Vail, AZ 17.0 mi
85730 Tucson, AZ 18.1 mi
85609 Dragoon, AZ 19.6 mi
85748 Tucson, AZ 20.2 mi
85749 Tucson, AZ 20.3 mi
85747 Tucson, AZ 21.7 mi
85630 Saint David, AZ 23.7 mi
85710 Tucson, AZ 24.3 mi
85619 Mount Lemmon, AZ 24.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 85602?

85602 is in Benson, Arizona, in Cochise County, part of the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.1675, -110.4119.

What county is 85602 in?

85602 spans 2 counties: Cochise County and Pima County. Most of it falls in Cochise 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 85602?

Benson uses area code 520, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 85602 in?

85602 uses America/Phoenix.

How many people live in 85602?

About 10,019 people live in ZIP code 85602, in 4,503 households, at 11.8 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 85602?

$53,008 a year, against $79,964 across Arizona.

What ZIP codes are near 85602?

The closest are 85627 (15.1 mi), 85641 (17 mi), 85730 (18.1 mi), 85609 (19.6 mi) and 85748 (20.2 mi).

Is 85602 a PO Box ZIP code?

85602 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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