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37769

ZIP 37769 is Lake City, Tennessee, mostly in Anderson County; area code 865; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Anderson +1 more
Metro area
Knoxville, TN
Population
5,848
Coordinates
36.2178, -84.1555
☼ Live from 37769 — Lake City, TN

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Where 37769 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37769
  • 🔢 Type 37769 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GgLLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,769 = 179 × 211. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001110001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37766 (La Follette, TN, 13 mi away) and 37770 (Lancing, TN, 27 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37769 becomes 96773 — and that is a real ZIP code: Ninole, HI, 4,385 miles away.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (39767, 39776, 63779, 67739, 76379, 76937, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96377 in FPO AA, a military post office, 7,635 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 59%.
  • 🎯823 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37769 and you would come out at 36.22°S, 95.84°E — 1,180 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 30.0 square miles of land, 37769 is bigger than 46% of ZIP codes — room for about 23 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,848This ZIP5,848
Households2,433This ZIP2,433
Housing units2,742This ZIP2,742
Median age40.9This ZIP40.9Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$61,250This ZIP$61,250Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$183,000This ZIP$183,000Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$753This ZIP$753Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher10.6%This ZIP10.6%
Mean commute31.4 minThis ZIP31.4 min
Population density194.8 / sq miThis ZIP194.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments64This ZIP64
Employees609This ZIP609
Annual payroll$19,660,000This ZIP$19,660,000
Tax returns filed2,390This ZIP2,390
Total adjusted gross income$129,471,000This ZIP$129,471,000

Land area

Land area30.03 sq miThis ZIP30.03 sq mi
Water area1.30 sq miThis ZIP1.30 sq mi

Counties 37769 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Anderson County 83.9%
Campbell County 16.1%

Other place names in 37769

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ZIP codes near 37769

ZIPCityDistance
37757 Jacksboro, TN 4.1 mi
37828 Norris, TN 5.0 mi
37714 Caryville, TN 5.6 mi
37717 Clinton, TN 7.5 mi
37831 Oak Ridge, TN 8.0 mi
37716 Clinton, TN 8.1 mi
37705 Andersonville, TN 8.1 mi
37754 Heiskell, TN 8.9 mi
37710 Briceville, TN 9.9 mi
37849 Powell, TN 12.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37769?

37769 is in Lake City, Tennessee, in Anderson County, part of the Knoxville, TN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2178, -84.1555.

What county is 37769 in?

37769 spans 2 counties: Anderson County and Campbell County. Most of it falls in Anderson 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 37769?

Lake City uses area code 865, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 37769 in?

37769 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37769?

About 5,848 people live in ZIP code 37769, in 2,433 households, at 194.8 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 37769?

$61,250 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37769?

The closest are 37757 (4.1 mi), 37828 (5 mi), 37714 (5.6 mi), 37717 (7.5 mi) and 37831 (8 mi).

Is 37769 a PO Box ZIP code?

37769 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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