ZIP 85337

85337 is one of 135 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Maricopa County, AZ.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 36 of the 36 nearby ZIPs shown.

4 school locations in 85337: 2 middle, 2 high.

In alphabetical order: Gila Bend Elementary, Gila Bend High School, Kiser Elementary School, West-MEC Gila Bend. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In March 2001 the typical home in 85337 was worth $113,365.

Values peaked at $267,921 in July 2022. The latest reading is −18.4% from that peak.

As of August 2026: $218,638, +3.1% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $218,638. Put 20% down and borrow $174,910 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $1,211 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $49,260 a year, $4,105 a month. So the payment takes 29.5% 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 15.3% in 2001.

Take the typical home's price each month, borrow 80% at that month's actual 30-year average rate: in March 2001 (6.95%) the payment was $600.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $622.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $1,125 — +81% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +14%.

Reported values rose +93% since March 2001.

General prices (CPI-U) rose +90% over the same span.

Divide one by the other: in August 2026 dollars, the 2001 home was worth $215,098. So the real change is +2%, not +93%.

85337: +93% since March 2001.

Maricopa County: +193% since March 2001.

Arizona: +189% since March 2001 — 85337 ran behind it by 96 points.

Against 398 Arizona ZIP codes, 85337 sits at the 67th percentile for affordability (price vs local income).

89th for appreciation (recent value growth); 54th for rental yield (rent vs price).

Owning the typical home costs about $1,430 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $914 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 19.9. Lotvox reads under 15 as favoring buying and 20 or more as favoring renting.

Homes sold: about 1 a month in July 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 1 — so sales ran at 100% of it, and below it in 7 of the last 24 months.

Across Maricopa County, builders pulled permits for 31,651 new homes in 2025.

Of those, 54% were in 1-unit buildings (the Census Bureau's category for detached and attached single homes).

This ZIP sits in Maricopa County. IRS tax returns for 2022-2023: among the ten counties sending the most households, 25,749 moved in. Among the ten receiving the most, 25,843 moved out.

Net across those counties: −94 households. Beside it, homes for sale in this ZIP: 20 in June 2026.

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

Of 192 homes with a recorded purchase date, 20% have had the same owner for 20 years or more, and 34% changed hands in the last five.

74% are owned from a different mailing address, 3% from out of state.