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Bessemer, AL ZIP Codes

4 ZIP codes use the postal name Bessemer, Alabama (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 3 residential and 1 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $35,362 in 35020 to $81,846 in 35022, 2.3 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Bessemer's most populous ZIP code is 35023, with 25,533 people (ACS 2020-2024); 0% of its land is in the city of Bessemer.

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Where are Bessemer's ZIP codes?

35020: $35k median household income35022: $82k median household income35023: $70k median household income35023350223502035020: $35k median household income35022: $82k median household income35023: $70k median household income35023350223502035020: $35k median household income35022: $82k median household income35023: $70k median household income350233502235020
The 3 residential ZIP codes named Bessemer, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Bessemer's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 35022 ($81,846), the lowest in 35020 ($35,362). Home values run from $91,200 in 35020 to $258,900 in 35022.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 3 residential ZIP codes of Bessemer

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Bessemer, AL, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
35023 Jefferson County 25,533 278 $70k $162k
35020 Jefferson County 24,892 1,503 $35k $91k
35022 Jefferson County 23,126 360 $82k $259k

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Bessemer

1 ZIP code named Bessemer has no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Bessemer, AL: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
35021Jefferson County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Bessemer's ZIP codes reach?

Bessemer's residential ZIP codes lie in 2 counties: Jefferson County (3 ZIP codes mainly there), Shelby County (part of a ZIP code).

Which places do Bessemer's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Bessemer's residential ZIP codes cover Bessemer itself and 6 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Bessemer's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Bessemer starts with 350.

Three-digit prefixes of Bessemer's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Bessemer's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
350 Birmingham, AL (SCF 350) 4 63

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.