| City: | Payson, Arizona |
| County: | Gila County |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:12:16 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 928 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 34.2306, -111.3245 |
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ZIP code 85547 is a PO Box ZIP serving downtown Payson, Arizona. It exists as a point location within the larger 85541 ZIP, which handles the main postal operations for the Payson area. This isn't a separate community but rather a dedicated post office facility with 490 PO Boxes and 271 business addresses.
All mail operations for 85547 run through the post office on W Frontier Street. The 148 ZIP+4 records reference only this single street address with unit designators for different businesses and box holders. If you're mailing to a Payson PO Box, you'll use this ZIP code. Street delivery in the area uses the sibling ZIP 85541 instead.
Payson sits in Gila County at about 5,000 feet elevation in Arizona's Mogollon Rim country. The town serves as a gateway to the Tonto National Forest and attracts visitors year-round. Having two ZIP codes, one for street delivery and one for PO Boxes, is common in towns this size. The separate PO Box ZIP helps route mail efficiently to the downtown post office.
Only one street address exists in this ZIP, the post office building itself.
ZIP Code 85547 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 20 business establishments, employing about 110 people with an annual payroll of $4,534,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 4,408Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 20Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,102,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $4,534,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 110Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 85547 is located in Gila County, Arizona, within the Payson, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 37740) and Arizona's 2nd Congressional District. This Micro area has a population of 53,610 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 85547. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Payson, AZSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 37740Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MicroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 53,610Source: Census |
| MSA: | Source: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 02Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 7838.12 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 0453700Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Payson town; ArizonaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 85547 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.