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37843

ZIP 37843 is Parrottsville, Tennessee, in Cocke County; area code 423; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cocke
Metro area
Newport, TN
Population
4,426
Coordinates
36.0107, -83.0484
☼ Live from 37843 — Parrottsville, TN

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Where 37843 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37843
  • 🔢 Type 37843 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhBLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,843 = 13 × 41 × 71. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001111010011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37841 (Oneida, TN, 90 mi away) and 37845 (Petros, TN, 79 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37843 becomes 34873, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33478, 33487, 33784, 33847, 37348, 37384, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84733 in Gunlock, UT, 1,700 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 63%.
  • 🎯885 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37843 and you would come out at 36.01°S, 96.95°E — 1,117 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 52.7 square miles of land, 37843 is bigger than 61% of ZIP codes — room for about 40 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,426This ZIP4,426
Households2,000This ZIP2,000
Housing units2,237This ZIP2,237
Median age43.4This ZIP43.4Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$58,021This ZIP$58,021Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$180,400This ZIP$180,400Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$728This ZIP$728Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher12.3%This ZIP12.3%
Mean commute32.0 minThis ZIP32.0 min
Population density84.0 / sq miThis ZIP84.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments19This ZIP19
Employees95This ZIP95
Annual payroll$2,999,000This ZIP$2,999,000
Tax returns filed1,740This ZIP1,740
Total adjusted gross income$95,766,000This ZIP$95,766,000

Land area

Land area52.71 sq miThis ZIP52.71 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 37843

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

ZIP codes near 37843

ZIPCityDistance
37713 Bybee, TN 6.9 mi
37822 Newport, TN 8.4 mi
37821 Newport, TN 8.6 mi
37727 Del Rio, TN 8.8 mi
37809 Midway, TN 10.1 mi
37743 Greeneville, TN 11.5 mi
37810 Mohawk, TN 11.9 mi
37818 Mosheim, TN 12.8 mi
37753 Hartford, TN 13.3 mi
37890 White Pine, TN 14.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37843?

37843 is in Parrottsville, Tennessee, in Cocke County, part of the Newport, TN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0107, -83.0484.

What county is 37843 in?

37843 lies in Cocke County.

What area code is 37843?

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

What time zone is 37843 in?

37843 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37843?

About 4,426 people live in ZIP code 37843, in 2,000 households, at 84.0 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 37843?

$58,021 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37843?

The closest are 37713 (6.9 mi), 37822 (8.4 mi), 37821 (8.6 mi), 37727 (8.8 mi) and 37809 (10.1 mi).

Is 37843 a PO Box ZIP code?

37843 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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