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37846

ZIP 37846 is Philadelphia, Tennessee, mostly in Loudon County; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Loudon +4 more
Metro area
Knoxville, TN
Population
4,579
Coordinates
35.6793, -84.4818
☼ Live from 37846 — Philadelphia, TN

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Where 37846 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37846
  • 🔢 Type 37846 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ghBLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,846 = 2 × 127 × 149. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001111010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37845 (Petros, TN, 29 mi away) and 37847 (Pioneer, TN, 53 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37846 becomes 64873 — and that is a real ZIP code: Wentworth, MO, 540 miles away.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34786, 36748, 36784, 36874, 37684, 37864, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83647 in Mountain Home, ID, 1,726 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯821 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37846 and you would come out at 35.68°S, 95.52°E — 1,193 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 72.6 square miles of land, 37846 is bigger than 70% of ZIP codes — room for about 55 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,579This ZIP4,579
Households1,510This ZIP1,510
Housing units1,755This ZIP1,755
Median age40.1This ZIP40.1Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$71,786This ZIP$71,786Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$201,700This ZIP$201,700Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$771This ZIP$771Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher10.4%This ZIP10.4%
Mean commute32.9 minThis ZIP32.9 min
Population density63.1 / sq miThis ZIP63.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments21This ZIP21
Employees106This ZIP106
Annual payroll$3,338,000This ZIP$3,338,000
Tax returns filed2,160This ZIP2,160
Total adjusted gross income$124,249,000This ZIP$124,249,000

Land area

Land area72.60 sq miThis ZIP72.60 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Counties 37846 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Loudon County 42.7%
Roane County 38.7%
Monroe County 14.5%
McMinn County 4.0%
Meigs County 0.1%

Other place names in 37846

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ZIP codes near 37846

ZIPCityDistance
37874 Sweetwater, TN 5.8 mi
37774 Loudon, TN 7.7 mi
37763 Kingston, TN 10.0 mi
37880 Ten Mile, TN 10.1 mi
37826 Niota, TN 10.3 mi
37354 Madisonville, TN 14.1 mi
37771 Lenoir City, TN 14.4 mi
37742 Greenback, TN 17.0 mi
37772 Lenoir City, TN 17.1 mi
37371 Athens, TN 17.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37846?

37846 is in Philadelphia, Tennessee, in Loudon County, part of the Knoxville, TN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.6793, -84.4818.

What county is 37846 in?

37846 spans 5 counties: Loudon County, Roane County, Monroe County, McMinn County and Meigs County. Most of it falls in Loudon 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 time zone is 37846 in?

37846 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37846?

About 4,579 people live in ZIP code 37846, in 1,510 households, at 63.1 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 37846?

$71,786 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37846?

The closest are 37874 (5.8 mi), 37774 (7.7 mi), 37763 (10 mi), 37880 (10.1 mi) and 37826 (10.3 mi).

Is 37846 a PO Box ZIP code?

37846 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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