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37642

ZIP 37642 is Church Hill, Tennessee, mostly in Hawkins County; area code 423; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Hawkins +1 more
Population
15,011
Coordinates
36.5313, -82.7269
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Where 37642 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37642
  • 🔢 Type 37642 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhgLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,642 = 2 × 11 × 29 × 59. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001100001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37641 (Chuckey, TN, 23 mi away) and 37643 (Elizabethton, TN, 35 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37642 becomes 24673, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 49 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23467, 24637, 24736, 26347, 26374, 26437, …). The farthest-flung twin is 76432 in Blanket, TX, 972 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 64%.
  • 🎯889 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37642 and you would come out at 36.53°S, 97.27°E — 1,106 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 56.2 square miles of land, 37642 is bigger than 63% of ZIP codes — room for about 43 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population15,011This ZIP15,011
Households6,304This ZIP6,304
Housing units7,227This ZIP7,227
Median age45.6This ZIP45.6Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$59,484This ZIP$59,484Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$189,200This ZIP$189,200Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$885This ZIP$885Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.3%This ZIP15.3%
Mean commute26.9 minThis ZIP26.9 min
Population density267.0 / sq miThis ZIP267.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments111This ZIP111
Employees2,008This ZIP2,008
Annual payroll$107,529,000This ZIP$107,529,000
Tax returns filed6,670This ZIP6,670
Total adjusted gross income$372,271,000This ZIP$372,271,000

Land area

Land area56.23 sq miThis ZIP56.23 sq mi
Water area0.95 sq miThis ZIP0.95 sq mi

Counties 37642 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Hawkins County 99.5%
Scott County 0.5%

Other place names in 37642

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

ZIP codes near 37642

ZIPCityDistance
37645 Mount Carmel, TN 4.2 mi
37873 Surgoinsville, TN 6.5 mi
37660 Kingsport, TN 8.6 mi
37665 Kingsport, TN 9.2 mi
37662 Kingsport, TN 9.2 mi
37669 Kingsport, TN 9.2 mi
37656 Fall Branch, TN 10.5 mi
24290 Weber City, VA 10.9 mi
24251 Gate City, VA 11.2 mi
37664 Kingsport, TN 12.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37642?

37642 is in Church Hill, Tennessee, in Hawkins County, part of the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.5313, -82.7269.

What county is 37642 in?

37642 spans 2 counties: Hawkins County and Scott County. Most of it falls in Hawkins 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 37642?

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

What time zone is 37642 in?

37642 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37642?

About 15,011 people live in ZIP code 37642, in 6,304 households, at 267.0 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 37642?

$59,484 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37642?

The closest are 37645 (4.2 mi), 37873 (6.5 mi), 37660 (8.6 mi), 37665 (9.2 mi) and 37662 (9.2 mi).

Is 37642 a PO Box ZIP code?

37642 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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