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Tempe, AZ ZIP Codes

8 ZIP codes use the postal name Tempe, Arizona (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 4 residential and 4 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $64,538 in 85281 to $156,146 in 85284, 2.4 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Tempe's most populous ZIP code is 85281, with 72,762 people (ACS 2020-2024); 98% of its land is in the city of Tempe.

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Where are Tempe's ZIP codes?

85281: $65k median household income85282: $79k median household income85283: $85k median household income85284: $156k median household income8528185282852838528485281: $65k median household income85282: $79k median household income85283: $85k median household income85284: $156k median household income8528185282852838528485281: $65k median household income85282: $79k median household income85283: $85k median household income85284: $156k median household income85281852828528385284
The 4 residential ZIP codes named Tempe, 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 Tempe's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 85284 ($156,146), the lowest in 85281 ($64,538). Home values run from $381,000 in 85281 to $688,400 in 85284.

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

All 4 residential ZIP codes of Tempe

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Tempe, AZ, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
85281 Maricopa County 72,762 5,468 $65k $381k
85282 Maricopa County 53,624 4,832 $79k $412k
85283 Maricopa County 47,459 5,377 $85k $443k
85284 Maricopa County 19,492 2,492 $156k $688k

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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 Tempe

4 ZIP codes named Tempe have 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.

Tempe, AZ: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
85280Maricopa County
85285Maricopa County
85287Maricopa County
85288Maricopa County

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

Which counties do Tempe's ZIP codes reach?

Tempe's residential ZIP codes lie in Maricopa County.

Which places do Tempe's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Tempe's residential ZIP codes cover Tempe itself and 1 other place, 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 Tempe'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 Tempe starts with 852.

Three-digit prefixes of Tempe'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 Tempe's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
852 Phoenix, AZ (SCF 852) 8 63

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