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37687

ZIP 37687 is Roan Mountain, Tennessee, in Carter County; area code 423; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Carter
Metro area
Johnson City, TN
Population
4,493
Coordinates
36.1787, -82.0970
☼ Live from 37687 — Roan Mountain, TN

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Where 37687 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37687
  • 🔢 Type 37687 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LBgLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,687 = 13 × 13 × 223. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001100110111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37686 (Piney Flats, TN, 23 mi away) and 37688 (Shady Valley, TN, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37687 becomes 78673 — and that is a real ZIP code: Walburg, TX, 967 miles away.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (36877, 37867, 37876, 38677, 38767, 38776, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83677 in Yellow Pine, ID, 1,829 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 66%.
  • 🎯931 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37687 and you would come out at 36.18°S, 97.90°E — 1,067 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 95.3 square miles of land, 37687 is bigger than 77% of ZIP codes — room for about 72 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,493This ZIP4,493
Households1,724This ZIP1,724
Housing units2,336This ZIP2,336
Median age44.5This ZIP44.5Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$49,914This ZIP$49,914Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$160,900This ZIP$160,900Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher15.7%This ZIP15.7%
Mean commute27.8 minThis ZIP27.8 min
Population density47.2 / sq miThis ZIP47.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments51This ZIP51
Employees331This ZIP331
Annual payroll$11,755,000This ZIP$11,755,000
Tax returns filed1,840This ZIP1,840
Total adjusted gross income$108,368,000This ZIP$108,368,000

Land area

Land area95.26 sq miThis ZIP95.26 sq mi
Water area0.11 sq miThis ZIP0.11 sq mi

Other place names in 37687

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

ZIP codes near 37687

ZIPCityDistance
37658 Hampton, TN 6.4 mi
28622 Elk Park, NC 8.3 mi
28652 Minneapolis, NC 8.7 mi
28705 Bakersville, NC 10.4 mi
28664 Plumtree, NC 10.7 mi
37692 Unicoi, TN 11.6 mi
37640 Butler, TN 12.3 mi
37643 Elizabethton, TN 13.3 mi
28604 Banner Elk, NC 13.3 mi
37644 Elizabethton, TN 13.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37687?

37687 is in Roan Mountain, Tennessee, in Carter County, part of the Johnson City, TN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.1787, -82.0970.

What county is 37687 in?

37687 lies in Carter County.

What area code is 37687?

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

What time zone is 37687 in?

37687 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37687?

About 4,493 people live in ZIP code 37687, in 1,724 households, at 47.2 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 37687?

$49,914 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37687?

The closest are 37658 (6.4 mi), 28622 (8.3 mi), 28652 (8.7 mi), 28705 (10.4 mi) and 28664 (10.7 mi).

Is 37687 a PO Box ZIP code?

37687 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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