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37683

ZIP 37683 is Mountain City, Tennessee, in Johnson County; area code 423; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Johnson
Metro area
none
Population
12,943
Coordinates
36.4530, -81.8224
☼ Live from 37683 — Mountain City, TN

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Where 37683 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37683
  • 🔢 Type 37683 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EBgLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,683 = 3 × 3 × 53 × 79. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001100110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37682 (Milligan College, TN, 28 mi away) and 37684 (Mountain Home, TN, 32 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37683 becomes 38673 — and that is a real ZIP code: Taylor, MS, 465 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33687, 33786, 33867, 33876, 36738, 36783, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83637 in Lowman, ID, 1,821 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 67%.
  • 🎯938 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37683 and you would come out at 36.45°S, 98.18°E — 1,055 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 134.1 square miles of land, 37683 is bigger than 84% of ZIP codes — room for about 102 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population12,943This ZIP12,943
Households4,740This ZIP4,740
Housing units5,523This ZIP5,523
Median age45.5This ZIP45.5Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$55,979This ZIP$55,979Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$177,000This ZIP$177,000Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$671This ZIP$671Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.7%This ZIP14.7%
Mean commute22.7 minThis ZIP22.7 min
Population density96.5 / sq miThis ZIP96.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments203This ZIP203
Employees3,228This ZIP3,228
Annual payroll$155,701,000This ZIP$155,701,000
Tax returns filed4,560This ZIP4,560
Total adjusted gross income$253,886,000This ZIP$253,886,000

Land area

Land area134.11 sq miThis ZIP134.11 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 37683

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

ZIP codes near 37683

ZIPCityDistance
37691 Trade, TN 7.0 mi
37688 Shady Valley, TN 7.2 mi
28615 Creston, NC 8.6 mi
28692 Vilas, NC 9.6 mi
37680 Laurel Bloomery, TN 10.0 mi
28698 Zionville, NC 10.2 mi
37640 Butler, TN 12.2 mi
28679 Sugar Grove, NC 13.4 mi
24236 Damascus, VA 13.9 mi
28684 Todd, NC 14.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37683?

37683 is in Mountain City, Tennessee, in Johnson County. Its published point location is 36.4530, -81.8224.

What county is 37683 in?

37683 lies in Johnson County.

What area code is 37683?

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

What time zone is 37683 in?

37683 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37683?

About 12,943 people live in ZIP code 37683, in 4,740 households, at 96.5 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 37683?

$55,979 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37683?

The closest are 37691 (7 mi), 37688 (7.2 mi), 28615 (8.6 mi), 28692 (9.6 mi) and 37680 (10 mi).

Is 37683 a PO Box ZIP code?

37683 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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