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37659

ZIP 37659 is Jonesborough, Tennessee, mostly in Washington County; area code 423; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Washington +1 more
Metro area
Johnson City, TN
Population
29,080
Coordinates
36.2798, -82.5061
☼ Live from 37659 — Jonesborough, TN

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Where 37659 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37659
  • 🔢 Type 37659 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSgLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,659 = 3 × 12553. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001100011011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37658 (Hampton, TN, 20 mi away) and 37660 (Kingsport, TN, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37659 becomes 95673 — and that is a real ZIP code: Rio Linda, CA, 2,126 miles away.
  • 👥 45 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35769, 35967, 35976, 36579, 36759, 39567, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96375 in FPO AA, a military post office, 7,688 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 65%.
  • 🎯907 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37659 and you would come out at 36.28°S, 97.49°E — 1,090 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 126.9 square miles of land, 37659 is bigger than 83% of ZIP codes — room for about 96 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population29,080This ZIP29,080
Households11,906This ZIP11,906
Housing units12,704This ZIP12,704
Median age45.3This ZIP45.3Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$71,110This ZIP$71,110Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$249,600This ZIP$249,600Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,008This ZIP$1,008Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher29.4%This ZIP29.4%
Mean commute25.1 minThis ZIP25.1 min
Population density229.1 / sq miThis ZIP229.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments358This ZIP358
Employees3,237This ZIP3,237
Annual payroll$125,512,000This ZIP$125,512,000
Tax returns filed13,710This ZIP13,710
Total adjusted gross income$1,093,457,000This ZIP$1,093,457,000

Land area

Land area126.92 sq miThis ZIP126.92 sq mi
Water area0.46 sq miThis ZIP0.46 sq mi

Counties 37659 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Washington County 99.3%
Sullivan County 0.7%

Other place names in 37659

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ZIP codes near 37659

ZIPCityDistance
37602 Johnson City, TN 0.6 mi
37690 Telford, TN 3.5 mi
37681 Limestone, TN 6.6 mi
37604 Johnson City, TN 7.0 mi
37605 Johnson City, TN 7.3 mi
37684 Mountain Home, TN 7.7 mi
37614 Johnson City, TN 7.9 mi
37615 Johnson City, TN 8.7 mi
37641 Chuckey, TN 10.4 mi
37656 Fall Branch, TN 10.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37659?

37659 is in Jonesborough, Tennessee, in Washington County, part of the Johnson City, TN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2798, -82.5061.

What county is 37659 in?

37659 spans 2 counties: Washington County and Sullivan 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 37659?

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

What time zone is 37659 in?

37659 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37659?

About 29,080 people live in ZIP code 37659, in 11,906 households, at 229.1 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 37659?

$71,110 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37659?

The closest are 37602 (0.6 mi), 37690 (3.5 mi), 37681 (6.6 mi), 37604 (7 mi) and 37605 (7.3 mi).

Is 37659 a PO Box ZIP code?

37659 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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