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37688

ZIP 37688 is Shady Valley, Tennessee, in Johnson County; area code 423; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Johnson
Metro area
none
Population
1,138
Coordinates
36.5454, -81.8829
☼ Live from 37688 — Shady Valley, TN

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Where 37688 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37688
  • 🔢 Type 37688 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBgLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,688 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 7 × 673. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001100111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37687 (Roan Mountain, TN, 28 mi away) and 37690 (Telford, TN, 43 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37688 becomes 88673, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (37868, 37886, 38768, 38876, 63878, 67838, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83876 in Worley, ID, 1,931 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 67%.
  • 🎯933 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37688 and you would come out at 36.55°S, 98.12°E — 1,060 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 40m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 54.1 square miles of land, 37688 is bigger than 62% of ZIP codes — room for about 41 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,138This ZIP1,138
Households568This ZIP568
Housing units631This ZIP631
Median age53.1This ZIP53.1Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$53,333This ZIP$53,333Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$164,300This ZIP$164,300Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,137This ZIP$1,137Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher37.1%This ZIP37.1%
Mean commute37.9 minThis ZIP37.9 min
Population density21.0 / sq miThis ZIP21.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees14This ZIP14
Annual payroll$438,000This ZIP$438,000
Tax returns filed440This ZIP440
Total adjusted gross income$29,407,000This ZIP$29,407,000

Land area

Land area54.14 sq miThis ZIP54.14 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

ZIP codes near 37688

ZIPCityDistance
37683 Mountain City, TN 7.2 mi
24211 Abingdon, VA 8.5 mi
37680 Laurel Bloomery, TN 9.0 mi
24236 Damascus, VA 10.9 mi
24212 Abingdon, VA 11.2 mi
37620 Bristol, TN 11.7 mi
28615 Creston, NC 12.8 mi
37691 Trade, TN 14.2 mi
24361 Meadowview, VA 15.5 mi
24340 Glade Spring, VA 15.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37688?

37688 is in Shady Valley, Tennessee, in Johnson County. Its published point location is 36.5454, -81.8829.

What county is 37688 in?

37688 lies in Johnson County.

What area code is 37688?

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

What time zone is 37688 in?

37688 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37688?

About 1,138 people live in ZIP code 37688, in 568 households, at 21.0 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 37688?

$53,333 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37688?

The closest are 37683 (7.2 mi), 24211 (8.5 mi), 37680 (9 mi), 24236 (10.9 mi) and 24212 (11.2 mi).

Is 37688 a PO Box ZIP code?

37688 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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