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37402

ZIP 37402 is in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in Hamilton County; area code 423; Eastern time. Chattanooga has 20 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Hamilton
Metro area
Chattanooga, TN-GA
Population
3,953
Coordinates
35.0468, -85.3163
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Where 37402 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37402
  • 🔢 Type 37402 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOhLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,402 = 2 × 18701. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001000011010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37401 (Chattanooga, TN, 0 mi away) and 37403 (Chattanooga, TN, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37402 becomes 20473, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 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, 1,182 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 56%.
  • 🎯798 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37402 and you would come out at 35.05°S, 94.68°E — 1,236 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
  • 📏 At 1.3 square miles of land, 37402 is bigger than 9% of ZIP codes — about 622 football fields.
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People and housing

Population3,953This ZIP3,953
Households2,665This ZIP2,665
Housing units3,355This ZIP3,355
Median age46.0This ZIP46.0Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$24,214This ZIP$24,214Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$268,800This ZIP$268,800Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$615This ZIP$615Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher32.1%This ZIP32.1%
Mean commute19.8 minThis ZIP19.8 min
Population density3,073.9 / sq miThis ZIP3,073.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments716This ZIP716
Employees26,012This ZIP26,012
Annual payroll$1,989,264,000This ZIP$1,989,264,000
Tax returns filed1,860This ZIP1,860
Total adjusted gross income$263,551,000This ZIP$263,551,000

Land area

Land area1.29 sq miThis ZIP1.29 sq mi
Water area0.04 sq miThis ZIP0.04 sq mi

Other place names in 37402

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ZIP codes near 37402

ZIPCityDistance
37450 Chattanooga, TN 0.3 mi
37401 Chattanooga, TN 0.4 mi
37414 Chattanooga, TN 0.4 mi
37422 Chattanooga, TN 0.4 mi
37424 Chattanooga, TN 0.4 mi
37408 Chattanooga, TN 1.1 mi
37403 Chattanooga, TN 1.2 mi
37404 Chattanooga, TN 2.8 mi
37409 Chattanooga, TN 2.8 mi
37410 Chattanooga, TN 3.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37402?

37402 is in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in Hamilton County, part of the Chattanooga, TN-GA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.0468, -85.3163.

What county is 37402 in?

37402 lies in Hamilton County.

What area code is 37402?

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

What time zone is 37402 in?

37402 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37402?

About 3,953 people live in ZIP code 37402, in 2,665 households, at 3,073.9 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 37402?

$24,214 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37402?

The closest are 37450 (0.3 mi), 37401 (0.4 mi), 37414 (0.4 mi), 37422 (0.4 mi) and 37424 (0.4 mi).

Is 37402 a PO Box ZIP code?

37402 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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