| City: | Blytheville, Arkansas |
| County: | Mississippi County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:06:11 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 327 / 870 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 35.9275, -89.9187 |
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ZIP code 72316 serves a concentrated area within Blytheville, Arkansas. It's a secondary ZIP for this Mississippi County city. The primary Blytheville ZIP is 72315, which surrounds this point location. With zero residential population in census data, 72316 functions as a business and PO Box zone rather than a residential neighborhood.
The post office maintains 322 PO Boxes and serves 221 business delivery points. All 110 street-level ZIP+4 records are on a single street: N Broadway St. This suggests a downtown commercial strip with offices and storefronts using unit numbers. The city carrier route handles delivery here, so it isn't a PO Box-only situation.
Blytheville sits in northeastern Arkansas, close to the Missouri border and about 60 miles north of Memphis. The 72316 ZIP appears to cover the downtown post office location itself. Residents and businesses in the surrounding area use 72315 for standard street delivery, while 72316 provides PO Box services and handles mail for businesses concentrated along Broadway.
A single street serves as the commercial heart of this downtown postal zone.
ZIP Code 72316 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 20 business establishments, employing about 725 people with an annual payroll of $92,277,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1,699Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 20Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $19,674,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $92,277,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 725Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 72316 is located in Mississippi County, Arkansas, within the Blytheville, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 14180) and Arkansas's 1st Congressional District. This Micro area has a population of 39,749 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 72316. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Blytheville, ARSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 14180Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MicroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 39,749Source: Census |
| MSA: | Source: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 01Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 19318.29 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 0507330Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Blytheville city; ArkansasSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 72316 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on January 1, 2026.