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85643

ZIP 85643 is in Willcox, Arizona, mostly in Graham County; area code 520; Mountain Standard Time all year. Willcox has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 85644.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Phoenix
County
Graham +1 more
Metro area
Safford, AZ
Population
8,476
Coordinates
32.4607, -110.0003
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Where 85643 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 85643
  • 🔢 Type 85643 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhgSB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 85643 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10100111010001011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 85641 (Vail, AZ, 48 mi away) and 85644 (Willcox, AZ, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 85643 becomes 34658, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 55 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34685, 35468, 35486, 35648, 36458, 36548, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34685 in Palm Harbor, FL, 1,653 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 85%.
  • 🎯814 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 85643 and you would come out at 32.46°S, 70.00°E — 1,148 miles from Port Louis, Mauritius, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 01m.
  • 📏 At 2,206.7 square miles of land, 85643 is bigger than 99% of ZIP codes — room for about 1,675 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population8,476This ZIP8,476
Households3,001This ZIP3,001
Housing units3,901This ZIP3,901
Median age40.6This ZIP40.6Arizona39.0US 38.9
Median household income$57,903This ZIP$57,903Arizona$79,964US $80,734
Median home value$173,900This ZIP$173,900Arizona$394,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$957This ZIP$957Arizona$1,543US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.8%This ZIP18.8%
Mean commute21.8 minThis ZIP21.8 min
Population density3.8 / sq miThis ZIP3.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments179This ZIP179
Employees1,658This ZIP1,658
Annual payroll$87,069,000This ZIP$87,069,000
Tax returns filed2,750This ZIP2,750
Total adjusted gross income$155,620,000This ZIP$155,620,000

Land area

Land area2,206.71 sq miThis ZIP2,206.71 sq mi
Water area1.88 sq miThis ZIP1.88 sq mi

Counties 85643 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Graham County 51.4%
Cochise County 48.6%

Other place names in 85643

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

ZIP codes near 85643

ZIPCityDistance
85644 Willcox, AZ 17.4 mi
85548 Safford, AZ 27.4 mi
85609 Dragoon, AZ 27.6 mi
85552 Thatcher, AZ 27.7 mi
85546 Safford, AZ 29.1 mi
85531 Central, AZ 31.1 mi
85602 Benson, AZ 31.4 mi
85606 Cochise, AZ 31.7 mi
85551 Solomon, AZ 31.9 mi
85605 Bowie, AZ 32.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 85643?

85643 is in Willcox, Arizona, in Graham County, part of the Safford, AZ micropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.4607, -110.0003.

What county is 85643 in?

85643 spans 2 counties: Graham County and Cochise 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 85643?

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

What time zone is 85643 in?

85643 uses America/Phoenix.

How many people live in 85643?

About 8,476 people live in ZIP code 85643, in 3,001 households, at 3.8 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 85643?

$57,903 a year, against $79,964 across Arizona.

What ZIP codes are near 85643?

The closest are 85644 (17.4 mi), 85548 (27.4 mi), 85609 (27.6 mi), 85552 (27.7 mi) and 85546 (29.1 mi).

Is 85643 a PO Box ZIP code?

85643 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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