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37020

ZIP 37020 is Bell Buckle, Tennessee, mostly in Bedford County; area codes 615, 629 and 931; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Bedford +1 more
Metro area
Shelbyville, TN
Population
5,000
Coordinates
35.6344, -86.4071
☼ Live from 37020 — Bell Buckle, TN

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Where 37020 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37020
  • 🔢 Type 37020 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZOLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,020 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 617. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001000010011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37019 (Belfast, TN, 24 mi away) and 37022 (Bethpage, TN, 61 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37020 becomes 02073, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00723, 00732, 02370, 02703, 07023, 07032, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00723 in Patillas, PR, 1,743 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 53%.
  • 🎯725 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37020 and you would come out at 35.63°S, 93.59°E — 1,301 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 91.9 square miles of land, 37020 is bigger than 76% of ZIP codes — room for about 70 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,000This ZIP5,000
Households1,998This ZIP1,998
Housing units2,110This ZIP2,110
Median age41.4This ZIP41.4Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$86,034This ZIP$86,034Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$345,100This ZIP$345,100Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,151This ZIP$1,151Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.7%This ZIP27.7%
Mean commute31.3 minThis ZIP31.3 min
Population density54.4 / sq miThis ZIP54.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments72This ZIP72
Employees495This ZIP495
Annual payroll$23,503,000This ZIP$23,503,000
Tax returns filed2,500This ZIP2,500
Total adjusted gross income$205,438,000This ZIP$205,438,000

Land area

Land area91.91 sq miThis ZIP91.91 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Counties 37020 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Bedford County 75.6%
Rutherford County 24.3%

Other place names in 37020

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ZIP codes near 37020

ZIPCityDistance
37063 Fosterville, TN 1.4 mi
37037 Christiana, TN 5.7 mi
37162 Shelbyville, TN 8.9 mi
37180 Unionville, TN 9.5 mi
37161 Shelbyville, TN 10.9 mi
37127 Murfreesboro, TN 11.0 mi
37018 Beechgrove, TN 11.0 mi
37183 Wartrace, TN 11.2 mi
37153 Rockvale, TN 12.2 mi
37128 Murfreesboro, TN 12.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37020?

37020 is in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, in Bedford County, part of the Shelbyville, TN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.6344, -86.4071.

What county is 37020 in?

37020 spans 2 counties: Bedford County and Rutherford County. Most of it falls in Bedford County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 37020?

Bell Buckle uses area codes 615, 629 and 931, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 37020 in?

37020 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 37020?

About 5,000 people live in ZIP code 37020, in 1,998 households, at 54.4 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 37020?

$86,034 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37020?

The closest are 37063 (1.4 mi), 37037 (5.7 mi), 37162 (8.9 mi), 37180 (9.5 mi) and 37161 (10.9 mi).

Is 37020 a PO Box ZIP code?

37020 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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