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85603

ZIP 85603 is Bisbee, Arizona, in Cochise County; area code 520; Mountain Standard Time all year.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Phoenix
County
Cochise
Population
6,699
Coordinates
31.4327, -109.9191
☼ Live from 85603 — Bisbee, AZ

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Where 85603 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 85603
  • 🔢 Type 85603 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOgSB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 85,603 = 7 × 7 × 1747. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10100111001100011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 85602 (Benson, AZ, 58 mi away) and 85605 (Bowie, AZ, 66 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 85603 becomes 30658, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 49 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03586, 03856, 03865, 05836, 05863, 06385, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03856 in Newfields, NH, 2,264 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 85%.
  • 🎯860 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 85603 and you would come out at 31.43°S, 70.08°E — 1,102 miles from Port Louis, Mauritius, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 12m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 06m.
  • 📏 At 227.7 square miles of land, 85603 is bigger than 92% of ZIP codes — room for about 173 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,699This ZIP6,699
Households3,448This ZIP3,448
Housing units4,139This ZIP4,139
Median age57.4This ZIP57.4Arizona39.0US 38.9
Median household income$47,680This ZIP$47,680Arizona$79,964US $80,734
Median home value$207,600This ZIP$207,600Arizona$394,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$859This ZIP$859Arizona$1,543US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher29.8%This ZIP29.8%
Mean commute20.9 minThis ZIP20.9 min
Population density29.4 / sq miThis ZIP29.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments162This ZIP162
Employees1,371This ZIP1,371
Annual payroll$51,710,000This ZIP$51,710,000
Tax returns filed2,800This ZIP2,800
Total adjusted gross income$151,922,000This ZIP$151,922,000

Land area

Land area227.65 sq miThis ZIP227.65 sq mi
Water area1.07 sq miThis ZIP1.07 sq mi

Other place names in 85603

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

ZIP codes near 85603

ZIPCityDistance
85620 Naco, AZ 6.7 mi
85617 Mc Neal, AZ 15.5 mi
85635 Sierra Vista, AZ 17.0 mi
85650 Sierra Vista, AZ 17.3 mi
85615 Hereford, AZ 17.4 mi
85638 Tombstone, AZ 18.1 mi
85608 Douglas, AZ 20.0 mi
85626 Pirtleville, AZ 21.3 mi
85655 Douglas, AZ 22.8 mi
85671 Sierra Vista, AZ 24.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 85603?

85603 is in Bisbee, Arizona, in Cochise County, part of the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.4327, -109.9191.

What county is 85603 in?

85603 lies in Cochise County.

What area code is 85603?

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

What time zone is 85603 in?

85603 uses America/Phoenix.

How many people live in 85603?

About 6,699 people live in ZIP code 85603, in 3,448 households, at 29.4 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 85603?

$47,680 a year, against $79,964 across Arizona.

What ZIP codes are near 85603?

The closest are 85620 (6.7 mi), 85617 (15.5 mi), 85635 (17 mi), 85650 (17.3 mi) and 85615 (17.4 mi).

Is 85603 a PO Box ZIP code?

85603 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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