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37397

ZIP 37397 is Whitwell, Tennessee, mostly in Marion County; area code 423; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Marion +1 more
Metro area
Chattanooga, TN-GA
Population
10,488
Coordinates
35.2076, -85.5179
☼ Live from 37397 — Whitwell, TN

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Where 37397 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37397
  • 🔢 Type 37397 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LGELE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 37397 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001000010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37396 (Whiteside, TN, 14 mi away) and 37398 (Winchester, TN, 35 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37397 becomes 79373 — and that is a real ZIP code: Tahoka, TX, 942 miles away.
  • 👥 14 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33779, 37379, 39737, 39773, 73739, 73937, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97373 in Saint Benedict, OR, 2,061 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 55%.
  • 🎯783 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37397 and you would come out at 35.21°S, 94.48°E — 1,248 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 149.3 square miles of land, 37397 is bigger than 86% of ZIP codes — room for about 113 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population10,488This ZIP10,488
Households4,237This ZIP4,237
Housing units4,939This ZIP4,939
Median age45.7This ZIP45.7Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$54,750This ZIP$54,750Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$173,200This ZIP$173,200Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$807This ZIP$807Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher12.6%This ZIP12.6%
Mean commute37.9 minThis ZIP37.9 min
Population density70.2 / sq miThis ZIP70.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments80This ZIP80
Employees458This ZIP458
Annual payroll$14,371,000This ZIP$14,371,000
Tax returns filed4,040This ZIP4,040
Total adjusted gross income$234,570,000This ZIP$234,570,000

Land area

Land area149.34 sq miThis ZIP149.34 sq mi
Water area1.42 sq miThis ZIP1.42 sq mi

Counties 37397 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Marion County 84.5%
Sequatchie County 15.5%

Other place names in 37397

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ZIP codes near 37397

ZIPCityDistance
37374 Sequatchie, TN 8.6 mi
37377 Signal Mountain, TN 8.8 mi
37405 Chattanooga, TN 9.3 mi
37365 Palmer, TN 11.1 mi
37347 Jasper, TN 11.3 mi
37419 Chattanooga, TN 12.1 mi
37387 Tracy City, TN 12.3 mi
37340 Guild, TN 12.8 mi
37339 Gruetli Laager, TN 13.2 mi
37396 Whiteside, TN 14.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37397?

37397 is in Whitwell, Tennessee, in Marion County, part of the Chattanooga, TN-GA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2076, -85.5179.

What county is 37397 in?

37397 spans 2 counties: Marion County and Sequatchie County. Most of it falls in Marion 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 37397?

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

What time zone is 37397 in?

37397 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 37397?

About 10,488 people live in ZIP code 37397, in 4,237 households, at 70.2 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 37397?

$54,750 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37397?

The closest are 37374 (8.6 mi), 37377 (8.8 mi), 37405 (9.3 mi), 37365 (11.1 mi) and 37347 (11.3 mi).

Is 37397 a PO Box ZIP code?

37397 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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