85012 ZIP Code — Phoenix, AZ

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ZIP code 85012 covers Phoenix, Arizona, with a population of about 8,880 and a median household income of $80,242.

Population: 8,8803,939 per square mile
Median age: 37.71 points below the US average
Median household income: $80,242about the Arizona median
Poverty rate: 13.3%0.9 points above the US average
Typical home value: $641,471up 19.7% in five years
Median rent: $1,6931.2× the Arizona median
Degree or higher: 60%25 points above the US average
Homeownership: 39%26 points below the US average
Time zone: Mountain UTC-07:00most of the state does not observe DST
Businesses: 1,105

Where 85012 is

Phoenix, Arizona — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Population	8,880
Median age	37.7
Family households	34.8%
Born outside the US	11.6%
Speaks a language other than English at home	17.1%
White (non-Hispanic)	68.6%
Black (non-Hispanic)	3.3%
Asian (non-Hispanic)	5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%
Veterans	5.9%

Population by age

Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median household income	$80,242
Income per person	$68,053
Poverty rate	13.3%
Households on SNAP or cash assistance	7.7%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	6.3%
$10–15k	5.3%
$15–20k	4.1%
$20–25k	2.7%
$25–30k	1.8%
$30–35k	2.0%
$35–40k	3.7%
$40–45k	1.6%
$45–50k	6.9%
$50–60k	5.4%
$60–75k	9.2%
$75–100k	9.7%
$100–125k	10.5%
$125–150k	4.8%
$150–200k	6.0%
$200k or more	20.0%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Tax returns filed	4,900
Mean adjusted gross income	$150,934
Returns declaring $200,000 or more	14.3%
Returns, under $25k	17.3%
Returns, $25k–$50k	22.4%
Returns, $50k–$75k	18.8%
Returns, $75k–$100k	11.2%
Returns, $100k–$200k	15.9%
Returns, $200k or more	14.3%

Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median home value	$701,200
Median gross rent	$1,693
Rent as a share of household income	29.9%
Owner-occupied	39%
Vacant homes	8.7%
Median year built	1978

What the homes are

Detached house	30.7%
Attached house	8.5%
2 to 4 units	2.9%
5 to 19 units	5.3%
20 or more units	52.6%

Home values and rents today

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Typical home value	$641,471as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 1.1%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 19.7%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 81.8%
Typical asking rent	$1,581as of 2026-07
Typical asking rent, 1 year	up 0.2%
Typical asking rent, 5 years	up 1.6%

Typical home value since 2000

$165,905 in 2000 to $641,471 in 2026.

Typical asking rent

$1,129 in 2018 to $1,581 in 2026.

Work, commuting and education

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Unemployment rate	2.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60%
High school diploma or higher	95.1%
Works from home	17.9%
Drives to work alone	67%
Takes public transport	4%
Commutes 45 minutes or more	8.8%

Health

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesity	28.3% 5.1 pts below the national average of 33.4%
Diagnosed diabetes	8.6% 3.4 pts below the national average of 12%
Currently smokes	8.8% 4.4 pts below the national average of 13.2%
High blood pressure	27.9% 6.2 pts below the national average of 34.1%
Fair or poor general health	14.2% 6.1 pts below the national average of 20.3%
No health insurance (18–64)	9.2% 2.1 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depression	19.2% 2.7 pts below the national average of 21.9%
No leisure-time physical activity	15.9% 9.5 pts below the national average of 25.4%
Arthritis	21.2% 3.9 pts below the national average of 25.1%
Binge drinking	17.5% 1.5 pts above the national average of 16%
Taking blood pressure medication	70.8% 3.9 pts below the national average of 74.7%
Cancer (non-skin)	8.2% 0.5 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Current asthma	9.9% 0.5 pts below the national average of 10.4%
Coronary heart disease	4.9% 1.3 pts below the national average of 6.2%
Routine check-up in past year	72.9% 3.8 pts below the national average of 76.7%
Cholesterol screening	85.7% same as the national average of 85.9%
Cognitive disability	12% 2.8 pts below the national average of 14.8%
Colorectal screening	65.3% 1 pts above the national average of 64.3%
COPD	4.5% 2.1 pts below the national average of 6.6%
Visited a dentist	64.9% 3.6 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Any disability	25.1% 5.6 pts below the national average of 30.7%
Lacks emotional support	22.6% 2.2 pts below the national average of 24.8%
Food insecurity	11.4% 5.7 pts below the national average of 17.1%
Received food stamps	7.9% 6.4 pts below the national average of 14.3%
Hearing disability	6.3% same as the national average of 6.7%
High cholesterol	34.7% 1.5 pts below the national average of 36.2%
Housing insecurity	9% 4.8 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Independent living disability	5.9% 2.5 pts below the national average of 8.4%
Lacks transport	6.9% 2.3 pts below the national average of 9.2%
Loneliness	30.7% 3.7 pts below the national average of 34.4%
Mammography use	78.4% 2.5 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Poor mental health (14+ days)	14.3% 2.5 pts below the national average of 16.8%
Mobility disability	9.6% 4.4 pts below the national average of 14%
Poor physical health (14+ days)	9.9% 3.6 pts below the national average of 13.5%
Self-care disability	2.6% 1.4 pts below the national average of 4%
Utility shut-off threat	5.4% 3.4 pts below the national average of 8.8%
Sleeps under 7 hours	33.1% 3.3 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Stroke	2.5% 0.9 pts below the national average of 3.4%
All natural teeth lost	7.7% 5.3 pts below the national average of 13%
Vision disability	3.9% 1.7 pts below the national average of 5.6%

Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments	1,105
People employed	35,329
Annual payroll	$2,786,919,000

Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall risk	Higher than 54.2% of US census tracts
FEMA rating	Relatively Low to Relatively High across the 7 census tracts this ZIP code covers
Expected annual loss	59.2 out of 100
Community resilience	17.5 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Heat wave	97.8Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail	71.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake	63.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding	59.4Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind	31.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather	14.1Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane	12.1Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	11.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning	10Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Compared with Arizona and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	Arizona	United States
Median household income	$80,242	$76,872	$78,538
Income per person	$68,053	$40,736	$43,289
Poverty rate	13.3%	12.8%	12.4%
Median home value	$701,200	$358,900	$303,400
Median gross rent	$1,693	$1,431	$1,348
Homeownership	39%	67%	65%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60%	32.6%	35%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.2%	5.2%
Works from home	17.9%	16.5%	13.5%
Born outside the US	11.6%	12.9%	13.9%
Median age	37.7	38.8	38.7

Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather station	PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTL AP, AZ US10.9 km away
Rain in a year	7 in

Average high and low by month

January	67.6°F / 46°F0.87 in rain
February	70.8°F / 49°F0.87 in rain
March	78.1°F / 54.5°F0.83 in rain
April	85.5°F / 60.8°F0.22 in rain
May	94.5°F / 69.5°F0.13 in rain
June	104.2°F / 78.6°F0.02 in rain
July	106.5°F / 84.5°F0.91 in rain
August	105.1°F / 83.6°F0.93 in rain
September	100.4°F / 78.1°F0.57 in rain
October	89.2°F / 65.6°F0.56 in rain
November	76.5°F / 53.7°F0.57 in rain
December	66.2°F / 45.3°F0.74 in rain

Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarket	None of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarket	None of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarket	21% of this ZIP code's area

School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

This ZIP code is served by 3 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Phoenix Union High School District	50% of this ZIP code's land area
Osborn Elementary District	27.6% of this ZIP code's land area
Madison Elementary District	22.4% of this ZIP code's land area

Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability	50more vulnerable than 50% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status	49more vulnerable than 49% of US census tracts
Household characteristics	16more vulnerable than 16% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status	53more vulnerable than 53% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport	72more vulnerable than 72% of US census tracts
Walkability	15.3 out of 20Most walkable

Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

85014 Phoenix, AZ	1.1 km away
85013 Phoenix, AZ	1.4 km away
85015 Phoenix, AZ	3.1 km away
85016 Phoenix, AZ	3.6 km away
85017 Phoenix, AZ	5 km away
85006 Phoenix, AZ	5.3 km away
85020 Phoenix, AZ	6 km away
85004 Phoenix, AZ	6 km away

Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Maricopa County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zone	Mountain (UTC-07:00 standard)
Daylight saving time	Not observed in most of the state; the Navajo Nation is the exception
Land area	2.25 sq mi
Water area	0.01 sq mi
Population density	3,939 people per sq mi
Latitude, longitude	33.5097, -112.0678

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.