ZIP 85142

85142 is one of 29 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Pinal County, AZ — 68% of its own area is in the county.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 1 of the 23 with a value.

37 school locations in 85142: 1 elementary, 20 middle, 14 high, 2 other.

In alphabetical order: ALA QC Elem, American Leadership Academy Queen Creek K-12, American Leadership Academy San Tan Valley K-6, American Leadership Academy Signal Butte K-6, and more on the ZIP page. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In January 2000 the typical home in 85142 was worth $169,851.

Values peaked at $641,034 in July 2022. The latest reading is −8.8% from that peak.

As of August 2026: $584,470, −0.4% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $584,470. Put 20% down and borrow $467,576 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $3,237 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $125,236 a year, $10,436 a month. So the payment takes 31.0% of income — rated “stretched” (Lotvox ZIP bands: under 28% affordable · 28–36% stretched · 36%+ severe).

The line holds today's rate fixed and moves only the price: at that rate, the same share was 9.0% in 2000.

Take the typical home's price each month, borrow 80% at that month's actual 30-year average rate: in January 2000 (8.21%) the payment was $1,017.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $1,384.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $3,007 — +117% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +37%.

Reported values rose +244% since January 2000.

General prices (CPI-U) rose +97% over the same span.

Divide one by the other: in August 2026 dollars, the 2000 home was worth $335,218. So the real change is +74%, not +244%.

85142: +244% since January 2000.

Pinal County: +159% since January 2000.

Arizona: +207% since January 2000 — 85142 ran ahead of it by 37 points.

Against 398 Arizona ZIP codes, 85142 sits at the 64th percentile for affordability (price vs local income).

49th for appreciation (recent value growth); 43rd for rental yield (rent vs price).

Owning the typical home costs about $3,822 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $2,166 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 22.5. Lotvox reads under 15 as favoring buying and 20 or more as favoring renting.

Picture the Listings Flow Ladder as a basin: new listings pour in from the faucet, the homes for sale are the water, and closed sales run out the drain. Coming in — new listings: about 112 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 98% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 431. That is 139% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

Going out — closed sales: about 107 a month. That is 106% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months. The drain is drawn 37% narrower: the share of homes for sale that sell each month is 63% of its 2015–2019 level.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 4.0 months of supply — inside the 4–6 month balanced range. In the basin, that is the water level against the shaded balanced band.

The net reading: about 6 more homes came on than sold each month, so inventory is growing. The basin is filling.

Homes sold: about 107 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 96 — so sales ran at 111% of it, and below it in 1 of the last 24 months.

Across Pinal County, builders pulled permits for 8,048 new homes in 2025.

Of those, 81% were in 1-unit buildings (the Census Bureau's category for detached and attached single homes).

This ZIP sits in Pinal County. IRS tax returns for 2022-2023: among the ten counties sending the most households, 13,114 moved in. Among the ten receiving the most, 8,147 moved out.

Net across those counties: +4,967 households. Beside it, homes for sale in this ZIP: 431 in June 2026.

Most arrivals came from Maricopa, AZ (10,805 households); most departures went to Maricopa, AZ (6,549).

Of 15,320 homes with a recorded purchase date, 4% have had the same owner for 20 years or more, and 45% changed hands in the last five.

22% are owned from a different mailing address, 6% from out of state.