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37042

ZIP 37042 is in Clarksville, Tennessee, in Montgomery County; area code 931; Central time. Clarksville has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 37040, 37041, 37043 and 37044.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Montgomery
Metro area
Clarksville, TN-KY
Population
87,652
Coordinates
36.5693, -87.4118
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Where 37042 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37042
  • 🔢 Type 37042 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhOLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,042 = 2 × 18521. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001000010110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37041 (Clarksville, TN, 7 mi away) and 37043 (Clarksville, TN, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37042 becomes 24073 — and that is a real ZIP code: Christiansburg, VA, 388 miles away.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02347, 02743, 03247, 04237, 04732, 07423, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04732 in Ashland, ME, 1,193 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯646 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37042 and you would come out at 36.57°S, 92.59°E — 1,363 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 40m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 39m.
  • 📏 At 56.9 square miles of land, 37042 is bigger than 63% of ZIP codes — room for about 43 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population87,652This ZIP87,652
Households33,994This ZIP33,994
Housing units36,524This ZIP36,524
Median age30.2This ZIP30.2Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$70,393This ZIP$70,393Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$247,100This ZIP$247,100Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,271This ZIP$1,271Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher25.3%This ZIP25.3%
Mean commute27.8 minThis ZIP27.8 min
Population density1,541.3 / sq miThis ZIP1,541.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments694This ZIP694
Employees8,081This ZIP8,081
Annual payroll$255,860,000This ZIP$255,860,000
Tax returns filed39,540This ZIP39,540
Total adjusted gross income$1,969,981,000This ZIP$1,969,981,000

Land area

Land area56.87 sq miThis ZIP56.87 sq mi
Water area0.49 sq miThis ZIP0.49 sq mi

Other place names in 37042

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ZIP codes near 37042

ZIPCityDistance
37044 Clarksville, TN 4.2 mi
37040 Clarksville, TN 5.7 mi
42223 Fort Campbell, KY 5.9 mi
37041 Clarksville, TN 6.6 mi
37191 Woodlawn, TN 7.9 mi
42262 Oak Grove, KY 8.6 mi
37043 Clarksville, TN 10.9 mi
37142 Palmyra, TN 12.2 mi
42266 Pembroke, KY 12.5 mi
42286 Trenton, KY 13.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37042?

37042 is in Clarksville, Tennessee, in Montgomery County, part of the Clarksville, TN-KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.5693, -87.4118.

What county is 37042 in?

37042 lies in Montgomery County.

What area code is 37042?

Clarksville uses area code 931, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 37042 in?

37042 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 37042?

About 87,652 people live in ZIP code 37042, in 33,994 households, at 1,541.3 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 37042?

$70,393 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37042?

The closest are 37044 (4.2 mi), 37040 (5.7 mi), 42223 (5.9 mi), 37041 (6.6 mi) and 37191 (7.9 mi).

Is 37042 a PO Box ZIP code?

37042 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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