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37406

ZIP 37406 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
13,364
Coordinates
35.0731, -85.2456
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Where 37406 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37406
  • 🔢 Type 37406 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOhLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,406 = 2 × 59 × 317. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001000011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37405 (Chattanooga, TN, 9 mi away) and 37407 (Chattanooga, TN, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37406 becomes 60473 — and that is a real ZIP code: South Holland, IL, 468 miles away.
  • 👥 63 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03467, 03746, 04637, 04673, 04736, 04763, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04736 in Caribou, ME, 1,210 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 56%.
  • 🎯801 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37406 and you would come out at 35.07°S, 94.75°E — 1,232 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
  • 📏 At 12.1 square miles of land, 37406 is bigger than 30% of ZIP codes — room for about 9.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population13,364This ZIP13,364
Households5,263This ZIP5,263
Housing units5,989This ZIP5,989
Median age35.9This ZIP35.9Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$44,850This ZIP$44,850Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$168,000This ZIP$168,000Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$982This ZIP$982Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.5%This ZIP18.5%
Mean commute18.5 minThis ZIP18.5 min
Population density1,101.3 / sq miThis ZIP1,101.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments390This ZIP390
Employees8,994This ZIP8,994
Annual payroll$617,928,000This ZIP$617,928,000
Tax returns filed5,580This ZIP5,580
Total adjusted gross income$238,496,000This ZIP$238,496,000

Land area

Land area12.14 sq miThis ZIP12.14 sq mi
Water area0.62 sq miThis ZIP0.62 sq mi

Other place names in 37406

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

ZIP codes near 37406

ZIPCityDistance
37351 Lupton City, TN 2.1 mi
37403 Chattanooga, TN 3.3 mi
37411 Chattanooga, TN 3.3 mi
37404 Chattanooga, TN 3.5 mi
37415 Chattanooga, TN 4.1 mi
37401 Chattanooga, TN 4.1 mi
37414 Chattanooga, TN 4.1 mi
37422 Chattanooga, TN 4.1 mi
37424 Chattanooga, TN 4.1 mi
37450 Chattanooga, TN 4.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37406?

37406 is in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in Hamilton County, part of the Chattanooga, TN-GA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.0731, -85.2456.

What county is 37406 in?

37406 lies in Hamilton County.

What area code is 37406?

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

What time zone is 37406 in?

37406 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37406?

About 13,364 people live in ZIP code 37406, in 5,263 households, at 1,101.3 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 37406?

$44,850 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37406?

The closest are 37351 (2.1 mi), 37403 (3.3 mi), 37411 (3.3 mi), 37404 (3.5 mi) and 37415 (4.1 mi).

Is 37406 a PO Box ZIP code?

37406 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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