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37616

ZIP 37616 is Afton, Tennessee, in Greene County; area code 423; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Greene
Metro area
Greeneville, TN
Population
5,762
Coordinates
36.2225, -82.7516
☼ Live from 37616 — Afton, TN

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Where 37616 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37616
  • 🔢 Type 37616 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIgLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,616 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2351. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001011110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37615 (Johnson City, TN, 21 mi away) and 37617 (Blountville, TN, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37616 becomes 61673, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13667, 13676, 16367, 16637, 16673, 17366, …). The farthest-flung twin is 67631 in Collyer, KS, 966 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 64%.
  • 🎯895 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37616 and you would come out at 36.22°S, 97.25°E — 1,103 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 44.3 square miles of land, 37616 is bigger than 56% of ZIP codes — room for about 34 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,762This ZIP5,762
Households2,113This ZIP2,113
Housing units2,523This ZIP2,523
Median age44.9This ZIP44.9Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$67,662This ZIP$67,662Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$208,900This ZIP$208,900Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$796This ZIP$796Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.4%This ZIP16.4%
Mean commute23.0 minThis ZIP23.0 min
Population density130.0 / sq miThis ZIP130.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments45This ZIP45
Employees788This ZIP788
Annual payroll$34,991,000This ZIP$34,991,000
Tax returns filed2,260This ZIP2,260
Total adjusted gross income$141,094,000This ZIP$141,094,000

Land area

Land area44.32 sq miThis ZIP44.32 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Other place names in 37616

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ZIP codes near 37616

ZIPCityDistance
37641 Chuckey, TN 5.2 mi
37745 Greeneville, TN 5.8 mi
37744 Greeneville, TN 6.9 mi
37681 Limestone, TN 7.7 mi
37690 Telford, TN 10.9 mi
37743 Greeneville, TN 12.1 mi
37818 Mosheim, TN 12.6 mi
37656 Fall Branch, TN 14.0 mi
37659 Jonesborough, TN 14.2 mi
37602 Johnson City, TN 14.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37616?

37616 is in Afton, Tennessee, in Greene County, part of the Greeneville, TN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2225, -82.7516.

What county is 37616 in?

37616 lies in Greene County.

What area code is 37616?

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

What time zone is 37616 in?

37616 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37616?

About 5,762 people live in ZIP code 37616, in 2,113 households, at 130.0 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 37616?

$67,662 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37616?

The closest are 37641 (5.2 mi), 37745 (5.8 mi), 37744 (6.9 mi), 37681 (7.7 mi) and 37690 (10.9 mi).

Is 37616 a PO Box ZIP code?

37616 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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