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37309

ZIP 37309 is Calhoun, Tennessee, mostly in McMinn County; area code 423; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
McMinn +1 more
Metro area
Athens, TN
Population
2,136
Coordinates
35.3018, -84.7415
☼ Live from 37309 — Calhoun, TN

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Where 37309 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37309
  • 🔢 Type 37309 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOELE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 37309 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001000110111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37308 (Birchwood, TN, 14 mi away) and 37310 (Charleston, TN, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37309 becomes 90373, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07933, 30739, 33097, 33709, 33907, 33970, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97330 in Corvallis, OR, 2,117 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 57%.
  • 🎯819 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37309 and you would come out at 35.30°S, 95.26°E — 1,205 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 39.5 square miles of land, 37309 is bigger than 53% of ZIP codes — room for about 30 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,136This ZIP2,136
Households875This ZIP875
Housing units974This ZIP974
Median age52.5This ZIP52.5Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$63,699This ZIP$63,699Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$172,600This ZIP$172,600Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$902This ZIP$902Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.1%This ZIP15.1%
Mean commute25.6 minThis ZIP25.6 min
Population density54.1 / sq miThis ZIP54.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments30This ZIP30
Employees924This ZIP924
Annual payroll$69,063,000This ZIP$69,063,000
Tax returns filed990This ZIP990
Total adjusted gross income$54,826,000This ZIP$54,826,000

Land area

Land area39.48 sq miThis ZIP39.48 sq mi
Water area2.07 sq miThis ZIP2.07 sq mi

Counties 37309 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
McMinn County 88.5%
Polk County 11.5%

Other place names in 37309

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 37309

ZIPCityDistance
37310 Charleston, TN 3.8 mi
37370 Riceville, TN 4.6 mi
37325 Delano, TN 8.4 mi
37312 Cleveland, TN 9.2 mi
37336 Georgetown, TN 10.7 mi
37320 Cleveland, TN 11.2 mi
37364 Cleveland, TN 11.2 mi
37303 Athens, TN 11.3 mi
37307 Benton, TN 11.5 mi
37331 Etowah, TN 11.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37309?

37309 is in Calhoun, Tennessee, in McMinn County, part of the Athens, TN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.3018, -84.7415.

What county is 37309 in?

37309 spans 2 counties: McMinn County and Polk County. Most of it falls in McMinn 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 37309?

Calhoun uses area code 423, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 37309 in?

37309 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37309?

About 2,136 people live in ZIP code 37309, in 875 households, at 54.1 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 37309?

$63,699 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37309?

The closest are 37310 (3.8 mi), 37370 (4.6 mi), 37325 (8.4 mi), 37312 (9.2 mi) and 37336 (10.7 mi).

Is 37309 a PO Box ZIP code?

37309 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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