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37142

ZIP 37142 is Palmyra, Tennessee, in Montgomery County; area code 931; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Montgomery
Metro area
Clarksville, TN-KY
Population
1,506
Coordinates
36.4110, -87.5097
☼ Live from 37142 — Palmyra, TN

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Where 37142 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37142
  • 🔢 Type 37142 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhILE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,142 = 2 × 7 × 7 × 379. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001000100010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37141 (Orlinda, TN, 47 mi away) and 37143 (Pegram, TN, 33 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37142 becomes 24173, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 54 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12473, 12734, 12743, 13472, 14273, 14723, …). The farthest-flung twin is 13472 in Thendara, NY, 827 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% 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 37142 and you would come out at 36.41°S, 92.49°E — 1,367 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 37.2 square miles of land, 37142 is bigger than 51% of ZIP codes — room for about 28 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,506This ZIP1,506
Households659This ZIP659
Housing units754This ZIP754
Median age57.9This ZIP57.9Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$59,083This ZIP$59,083Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$267,400This ZIP$267,400Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,183This ZIP$1,183Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher24.0%This ZIP24.0%
Mean commute36.2 minThis ZIP36.2 min
Population density40.5 / sq miThis ZIP40.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments18This ZIP18
Employees111This ZIP111
Annual payroll$4,807,000This ZIP$4,807,000
Tax returns filed930This ZIP930
Total adjusted gross income$75,958,000This ZIP$75,958,000

Land area

Land area37.23 sq miThis ZIP37.23 sq mi
Water area0.99 sq miThis ZIP0.99 sq mi

ZIP codes near 37142

ZIPCityDistance
37052 Cunningham, TN 6.3 mi
37191 Woodlawn, TN 6.7 mi
37050 Cumberland City, TN 7.2 mi
37165 Slayden, TN 8.5 mi
37079 Indian Mound, TN 8.5 mi
37041 Clarksville, TN 8.7 mi
37051 Cumberland Furnace, TN 9.1 mi
37171 Southside, TN 11.4 mi
37181 Vanleer, TN 11.5 mi
37044 Clarksville, TN 12.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37142?

37142 is in Palmyra, Tennessee, in Montgomery County, part of the Clarksville, TN-KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.4110, -87.5097.

What county is 37142 in?

37142 lies in Montgomery County.

What area code is 37142?

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

What time zone is 37142 in?

37142 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 37142?

About 1,506 people live in ZIP code 37142, in 659 households, at 40.5 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 37142?

$59,083 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37142?

The closest are 37052 (6.3 mi), 37191 (6.7 mi), 37050 (7.2 mi), 37165 (8.5 mi) and 37079 (8.5 mi).

Is 37142 a PO Box ZIP code?

37142 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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