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37694

ZIP 37694 is Watauga, Tennessee, mostly in Carter County; area code 423; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Carter +2 more
Metro area
Johnson City, TN
Population
1,729
Coordinates
36.3838, -82.2787
☼ Live from 37694 — Watauga, TN

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Where 37694 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37694
  • 🔢 Type 37694 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hGgLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,694 = 2 × 47 × 401. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001100111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37692 (Unicoi, TN, 14 mi away) and 37699 (Piney Flats, TN, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37694 becomes 49673 — and that is a real ZIP code: Old Mission, MI, 616 miles away.
  • 👥 44 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34679, 34697, 34769, 36749, 39476, 39647, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96374 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,688 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 66%.
  • 🎯916 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37694 and you would come out at 36.38°S, 97.72°E — 1,079 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 12.6 square miles of land, 37694 is bigger than 30% of ZIP codes — room for about 9.6 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,729This ZIP1,729
Households752This ZIP752
Housing units813This ZIP813
Median age50.5This ZIP50.5Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$81,250This ZIP$81,250Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$203,300This ZIP$203,300Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$755This ZIP$755Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher24.9%This ZIP24.9%
Mean commute19.8 minThis ZIP19.8 min
Population density136.8 / sq miThis ZIP136.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments19This ZIP19
Employees66This ZIP66
Annual payroll$3,316,000This ZIP$3,316,000
Tax returns filed780This ZIP780
Total adjusted gross income$41,764,000This ZIP$41,764,000

Land area

Land area12.64 sq miThis ZIP12.64 sq mi
Water area0.13 sq miThis ZIP0.13 sq mi

Counties 37694 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Carter County 79.5%
Sullivan County 17.9%
Washington County 2.6%

Other place names in 37694

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ZIP codes near 37694

ZIPCityDistance
37699 Piney Flats, TN 2.8 mi
37601 Johnson City, TN 3.8 mi
37644 Elizabethton, TN 4.5 mi
37686 Piney Flats, TN 5.5 mi
37682 Milligan College, TN 5.8 mi
37618 Bluff City, TN 6.6 mi
37684 Mountain Home, TN 7.3 mi
37605 Johnson City, TN 7.5 mi
37614 Johnson City, TN 7.6 mi
37604 Johnson City, TN 8.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37694?

37694 is in Watauga, Tennessee, in Carter County, part of the Johnson City, TN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.3838, -82.2787.

What county is 37694 in?

37694 spans 3 counties: Carter County, Sullivan County and Washington County. Most of it falls in Carter 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 37694?

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

What time zone is 37694 in?

37694 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37694?

About 1,729 people live in ZIP code 37694, in 752 households, at 136.8 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 37694?

$81,250 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37694?

The closest are 37699 (2.8 mi), 37601 (3.8 mi), 37644 (4.5 mi), 37686 (5.5 mi) and 37682 (5.8 mi).

Is 37694 a PO Box ZIP code?

37694 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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