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37618

ZIP 37618 is Bluff City, Tennessee, in Sullivan County; area code 423; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Sullivan
Population
12,548
Coordinates
36.4603, -82.2087
☼ Live from 37618 — Bluff City, TN

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Where 37618 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37618
  • 🔢 Type 37618 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BIgLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,618 = 2 × 7 × 2687. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001011110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37617 (Blountville, TN, 10 mi away) and 37620 (Bristol, TN, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37618 becomes 81673, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13678, 13687, 13786, 16738, 16837, 16873, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83617 in Emmett, ID, 1,867 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 66%.
  • 🎯918 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37618 and you would come out at 36.46°S, 97.79°E — 1,077 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 69.3 square miles of land, 37618 is bigger than 68% of ZIP codes — room for about 53 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population12,548This ZIP12,548
Households5,291This ZIP5,291
Housing units6,046This ZIP6,046
Median age45.1This ZIP45.1Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$63,851This ZIP$63,851Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$188,900This ZIP$188,900Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$920This ZIP$920Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.9%This ZIP18.9%
Mean commute25.3 minThis ZIP25.3 min
Population density181.0 / sq miThis ZIP181.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments135This ZIP135
Employees1,108This ZIP1,108
Annual payroll$47,331,000This ZIP$47,331,000
Tax returns filed5,650This ZIP5,650
Total adjusted gross income$356,675,000This ZIP$356,675,000

Land area

Land area69.31 sq miThis ZIP69.31 sq mi
Water area0.71 sq miThis ZIP0.71 sq mi

Other place names in 37618

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ZIP codes near 37618

ZIPCityDistance
37621 Bristol, TN 4.3 mi
37699 Piney Flats, TN 6.0 mi
37694 Watauga, TN 6.6 mi
37644 Elizabethton, TN 7.7 mi
37643 Elizabethton, TN 7.9 mi
37686 Piney Flats, TN 7.9 mi
37620 Bristol, TN 8.9 mi
37625 Bristol, TN 9.4 mi
24205 Bristol, VA 9.4 mi
24203 Bristol, VA 9.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37618?

37618 is in Bluff City, Tennessee, in Sullivan County, part of the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.4603, -82.2087.

What county is 37618 in?

37618 lies in Sullivan County.

What area code is 37618?

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

What time zone is 37618 in?

37618 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37618?

About 12,548 people live in ZIP code 37618, in 5,291 households, at 181.0 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 37618?

$63,851 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37618?

The closest are 37621 (4.3 mi), 37699 (6 mi), 37694 (6.6 mi), 37644 (7.7 mi) and 37643 (7.9 mi).

Is 37618 a PO Box ZIP code?

37618 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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