| City: | Tempe, Arizona |
| County: | Maricopa County |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:06:33 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 480 / 602 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 33.4148, -111.9088 |
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ZIP code 85285 in Tempe, Arizona isn't a neighborhood or community. It's a commercial mail address serving businesses along E Southern Avenue in the Phoenix metro area. With zero residents and no Census population, this ZIP exists purely for business mail.
818 PO Boxes serve 537 businesses employing 1,670 workers. Every piece of mail here goes to a commercial address. The single street in this ZIP (E Southern Ave) has 238 delivery records, all with unit numbers. This configuration suggests a large office complex or business park that receives high mail volumes.
This ZIP sits inside the boundaries of 85282, the surrounding Tempe ZIP that handles residential mail. Anyone living in this area uses 85282. If you're mailing to 85285, you're sending to a business.
Nearby neighborhoods like Tempe Gardens, Brentwood-Cavalier, and Kyrene-Superstition all receive their mail through other Tempe ZIPs. The 85285 post office box facility exists because businesses here need dedicated mail handling separate from residential delivery routes.
All delivery points are on E Southern Avenue with unit designators, indicating a commercial complex.
ZIP Code 85285 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 27 business establishments, employing about 1,652 people with an annual payroll of $170,662,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 5,697Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 27Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $52,934,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $170,662,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 1,652Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 85285 is located in Maricopa County, Arizona, within the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 38060) and Arizona's 4th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 4,941,206 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 85285. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 38060Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 4,941,206Source: Census |
| MSA: | Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 04Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 33199.45 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 0473000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Tempe city; ArizonaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 85285 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.