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85638

ZIP 85638 is Tombstone, Arizona, in Cochise County; area code 520; Mountain Standard Time all year.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Phoenix
County
Cochise
Population
1,418
Coordinates
31.6660, -110.0595
☼ Live from 85638 — Tombstone, AZ

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Where 85638 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 85638
  • 🔢 Type 85638 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEgSB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 85,638 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 2039. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10100111010000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 85637 (Sonoita, AZ, 37 mi away) and 85639 (Topawa, AZ, 96 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 85638 becomes 83658, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (36858, 38568, 38658, 38685, 38856, 38865, …). The farthest-flung twin is 36858 in Hatchechubbee, AL, 1,448 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 86%.
  • 🎯855 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 85638 and you would come out at 31.67°S, 69.94°E — 1,107 miles from Port Louis, Mauritius, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 13m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 05m.
  • 📏 At 270.0 square miles of land, 85638 is bigger than 94% of ZIP codes — room for about 205 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,418This ZIP1,418
Households825This ZIP825
Housing units1,146This ZIP1,146
Median age65.3This ZIP65.3Arizona39.0US 38.9
Median household income$37,604This ZIP$37,604Arizona$79,964US $80,734
Median home value$184,000This ZIP$184,000Arizona$394,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$668This ZIP$668Arizona$1,543US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.3%This ZIP20.3%
Mean commute21.4 minThis ZIP21.4 min
Population density5.3 / sq miThis ZIP5.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments75This ZIP75
Employees477This ZIP477
Annual payroll$12,674,000This ZIP$12,674,000
Tax returns filed880This ZIP880
Total adjusted gross income$44,213,000This ZIP$44,213,000

Land area

Land area270.03 sq miThis ZIP270.03 sq mi
Water area0.07 sq miThis ZIP0.07 sq mi

Other place names in 85638

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

ZIP codes near 85638

ZIPCityDistance
85635 Sierra Vista, AZ 10.2 mi
85636 Sierra Vista, AZ 13.0 mi
85650 Sierra Vista, AZ 14.2 mi
85616 Huachuca City, AZ 15.7 mi
85671 Sierra Vista, AZ 16.3 mi
85630 Saint David, AZ 16.8 mi
85603 Bisbee, AZ 18.1 mi
85615 Hereford, AZ 20.5 mi
85617 Mc Neal, AZ 21.0 mi
85613 Fort Huachuca, AZ 22.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 85638?

85638 is in Tombstone, Arizona, in Cochise County, part of the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.6660, -110.0595.

What county is 85638 in?

85638 lies in Cochise County.

What area code is 85638?

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

What time zone is 85638 in?

85638 uses America/Phoenix.

How many people live in 85638?

About 1,418 people live in ZIP code 85638, in 825 households, at 5.3 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 85638?

$37,604 a year, against $79,964 across Arizona.

What ZIP codes are near 85638?

The closest are 85635 (10.2 mi), 85636 (13 mi), 85650 (14.2 mi), 85616 (15.7 mi) and 85671 (16.3 mi).

Is 85638 a PO Box ZIP code?

85638 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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