ZIP Code Distance Calculator
How far apart two places are, the drive, the time difference, and the two compared side by side.
How far apart two places are, the drive, the time difference, and the two compared side by side.
In a straight line between the centers of the two ZIP Codes: 18 miles (28 km).
| Step | Instruction | Distance |
|---|
Census Bureau figures for each ZIP Code (American Community Survey, 2020–2024). Each comes with a margin of error, so a difference is named only when it is bigger than the two margins together.
| Measure | A Mountain Home | B Bexar | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| City | Mountain Home, AR | Bexar, AR | |
| County | Baxter County | Fulton County | |
| Time zone | Central | Central | |
| Metro area | Not in a metro area | Not in a metro area | |
| ZIP Code type | Standard | Standard | |
| Area codes | 327, 870 | 327, 870 | |
| Land area | 221 sq mi | 9.8 sq mi | |
| Addresses that get mail | 16,038 | 73 | |
| People | 29,564 ±1,144 | 0 ±13 | Larger in Mountain Home |
| Median age | 51.3 ±2.2 | Not available | – |
| Median household income | $48,718 ±$4,210 | Not available | – |
| Per capita income | $34,181 ±$3,193 | Not available | – |
| Poverty rate | 14.7% ±2.3 | Not available | – |
| Unemployment rate | 7.7% ±2.3 | Not available | – |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 20.3% ±2.6 | Not available | – |
| Homes lived in by owners | 73.9% ±2.8 | Not available | – |
| Median home value | $174,200 ±$10,049 | Not available | – |
| Median rent | $854 ±$44 | Not available | – |
| Average commute | 18.2 min ±2.4 | Not available | – |
| People per household | 2.13 ±0.07 | Not available | – |
| Vacant homes | 11.6% ±2.4 | Not available | – |
| Households with broadband | 87.6% ±2.5 | Not available | – |
± is the Census Bureau's 90% margin of error. "Too uncertain" means one figure's margin is more than half of the figure itself. Census figures are for each ZIP Code's matching ZIP Code Tabulation Area; capped medians read "or more".
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Developer tools: Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, CodexThe distance, the direction and both time zones above came from one call to the ZIP Codes API /v2/distance endpoint. Each place's facts and Census figures came from one /v2/zip call each, and the API has the same figures for any year from 2011 to 2024.
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curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" "https://api.zip-codes.com/v2/distance?from=72653&to=72515"
The real /v2/distance response for this pair. Coordinates are rounded to 3 decimals here; the API returns full precision.
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"success": true,
"request": {
"from": "72653",
"to": "72515"
},
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"success": true,
"input": {
"from": "72653",
"to": "72515"
},
"from": {
"country": "US",
"code": "72653",
"code_type": "ZIP",
"city": "Mountain Home",
"state": "AR",
"county": "Baxter",
"location": {
"lat": 36.331,
"lon": -92.351
},
"timezone": {
"source": "timezone-boundary-builder",
"product": "Time zone boundaries (with oceans)",
"attribution": "Time zone boundaries \u00a9 OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL); time zone rules: IANA tz database",
"iana_name": "America/Chicago",
"name": "Central",
"abbreviation": "CST",
"abbreviation_dst": "CDT",
"utc_offset": -6,
"utc_offset_dst": -5,
"observes_dst": true
},
"input_type": "code"
},
"to": {
"country": "US",
"code": "72515",
"code_type": "ZIP",
"city": "Bexar",
"state": "AR",
"county": "Fulton",
"location": {
"lat": 36.28,
"lon": -92.042
},
"timezone": {
"source": "timezone-boundary-builder",
"product": "Time zone boundaries (with oceans)",
"attribution": "Time zone boundaries \u00a9 OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL); time zone rules: IANA tz database",
"iana_name": "America/Chicago",
"name": "Central",
"abbreviation": "CST",
"abbreviation_dst": "CDT",
"utc_offset": -6,
"utc_offset_dst": -5,
"observes_dst": true
},
"input_type": "code"
},
"distance": {
"miles": 17.53,
"km": 28.21
},
"bearing": 101.5
}
],
"meta": {
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}
}
}