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37617

ZIP 37617 is Blountville, Tennessee, in Sullivan County; area code 423; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Sullivan
Population
14,744
Coordinates
36.5245, -82.3657
☼ Live from 37617 — Blountville, TN

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Where 37617 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37617
  • 🔢 Type 37617 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIgLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,617 = 3 × 12539. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001011110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37616 (Afton, TN, 30 mi away) and 37618 (Bluff City, TN, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37617 becomes 71673, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13677, 13776, 17763, 31776, 36177, 37167, …). The farthest-flung twin is 67731 in Bird City, KS, 1,063 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 65%.
  • 🎯908 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37617 and you would come out at 36.52°S, 97.63°E — 1,086 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 58.5 square miles of land, 37617 is bigger than 64% of ZIP codes — room for about 44 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population14,744This ZIP14,744
Households5,451This ZIP5,451
Housing units6,138This ZIP6,138
Median age47.2This ZIP47.2Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$64,764This ZIP$64,764Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$247,700This ZIP$247,700Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$920This ZIP$920Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.7%This ZIP22.7%
Mean commute23.3 minThis ZIP23.3 min
Population density252.1 / sq miThis ZIP252.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments281This ZIP281
Employees2,919This ZIP2,919
Annual payroll$142,629,000This ZIP$142,629,000
Tax returns filed6,530This ZIP6,530
Total adjusted gross income$464,542,000This ZIP$464,542,000

Land area

Land area58.48 sq miThis ZIP58.48 sq mi
Water area0.13 sq miThis ZIP0.13 sq mi

Other place names in 37617

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

ZIP codes near 37617

ZIPCityDistance
37621 Bristol, TN 5.8 mi
37686 Piney Flats, TN 5.9 mi
37699 Piney Flats, TN 8.0 mi
37663 Kingsport, TN 8.0 mi
37664 Kingsport, TN 8.1 mi
24258 Hiltons, VA 8.9 mi
37618 Bluff City, TN 9.8 mi
37615 Johnson City, TN 10.0 mi
37694 Watauga, TN 10.9 mi
37625 Bristol, TN 11.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37617?

37617 is in Blountville, Tennessee, in Sullivan County, part of the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.5245, -82.3657.

What county is 37617 in?

37617 lies in Sullivan County.

What area code is 37617?

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

What time zone is 37617 in?

37617 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37617?

About 14,744 people live in ZIP code 37617, in 5,451 households, at 252.1 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 37617?

$64,764 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37617?

The closest are 37621 (5.8 mi), 37686 (5.9 mi), 37699 (8 mi), 37663 (8 mi) and 37664 (8.1 mi).

Is 37617 a PO Box ZIP code?

37617 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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