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37604

ZIP 37604 is in Johnson City, Tennessee, mostly in Washington County; area code 423; Eastern time. Johnson City has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 37601, 37602, 37605, 37614 and 37615.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Washington +1 more
Metro area
Johnson City, TN
Population
39,097
Coordinates
36.2992, -82.3830
☼ Live from 37604 — Johnson City, TN

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Where 37604 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37604
  • 🔢 Type 37604 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hOgLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,604 = 2 × 2 × 7 × 17 × 79. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001011100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37602 (Johnson City, TN, 7 mi away) and 37605 (Johnson City, TN, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37604 becomes 40673, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 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, 1,040 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 65%.
  • 🎯913 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37604 and you would come out at 36.30°S, 97.62°E — 1,084 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 33.0 square miles of land, 37604 is bigger than 48% of ZIP codes — room for about 25 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population39,097This ZIP39,097
Households17,621This ZIP17,621
Housing units19,596This ZIP19,596
Median age35.4This ZIP35.4Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$52,345This ZIP$52,345Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$259,600This ZIP$259,600Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,055This ZIP$1,055Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher40.8%This ZIP40.8%
Mean commute18.2 minThis ZIP18.2 min
Population density1,183.9 / sq miThis ZIP1,183.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,161This ZIP1,161
Employees23,248This ZIP23,248
Annual payroll$1,262,628,000This ZIP$1,262,628,000
Tax returns filed16,840This ZIP16,840
Total adjusted gross income$1,218,376,000This ZIP$1,218,376,000

Land area

Land area33.02 sq miThis ZIP33.02 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 37604 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Washington County 94.3%
Carter County 5.7%

Other place names in 37604

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ZIP codes near 37604

ZIPCityDistance
37614 Johnson City, TN 0.9 mi
37684 Mountain Home, TN 1.0 mi
37605 Johnson City, TN 1.1 mi
37601 Johnson City, TN 4.5 mi
37682 Milligan College, TN 5.1 mi
37602 Johnson City, TN 6.9 mi
37659 Jonesborough, TN 7.0 mi
37615 Johnson City, TN 7.9 mi
37694 Watauga, TN 8.2 mi
37692 Unicoi, TN 9.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37604?

37604 is in Johnson City, Tennessee, in Washington County, part of the Johnson City, TN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2992, -82.3830.

What county is 37604 in?

37604 spans 2 counties: Washington County and Carter County. Most of it falls in Washington 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 37604?

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

What time zone is 37604 in?

37604 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37604?

About 39,097 people live in ZIP code 37604, in 17,621 households, at 1,183.9 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 37604?

$52,345 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37604?

The closest are 37614 (0.9 mi), 37684 (1 mi), 37605 (1.1 mi), 37601 (4.5 mi) and 37682 (5.1 mi).

Is 37604 a PO Box ZIP code?

37604 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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