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37848

ZIP 37848 is Powder Springs, Tennessee, mostly in Grainger County; area code 865; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Grainger +1 more
Metro area
Knoxville, TN
Population
145
Coordinates
36.2370, -83.6817
☼ Live from 37848 — Powder Springs, TN

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Where 37848 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37848
  • 🔢 Type 37848 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BhBLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,848 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 19 × 83. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001111011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37847 (Pioneer, TN, 36 mi away) and 37849 (Powell, TN, 24 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37848 becomes 84873, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34788, 38478, 38487, 38748, 38847, 38874, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83847 in Naples, ID, 1,856 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 61%.
  • 🎯847 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37848 and you would come out at 36.24°S, 96.32°E — 1,154 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 8.0 square miles of land, 37848 is bigger than 24% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population145This ZIP145
Households63This ZIP63
Housing units148This ZIP148
Median age47.6This ZIP47.6Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median home value$167,900This ZIP$167,900Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher11.5%This ZIP11.5%
Mean commute26.8 minThis ZIP26.8 min
Population density18.1 / sq miThis ZIP18.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees16This ZIP16
Annual payroll$675,000This ZIP$675,000
Tax returns filed150This ZIP150
Total adjusted gross income$7,389,000This ZIP$7,389,000

Land area

Land area8.00 sq miThis ZIP8.00 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 37848 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Grainger County 74.7%
Union County 25.4%

ZIP codes near 37848

ZIPCityDistance
37779 Luttrell, TN 4.6 mi
37709 Blaine, TN 5.0 mi
37807 Maynardville, TN 8.2 mi
37888 Washburn, TN 8.6 mi
37861 Rutledge, TN 9.4 mi
37721 Corryton, TN 10.4 mi
37806 Mascot, TN 10.8 mi
37866 Sharps Chapel, TN 11.8 mi
37773 Lone Mountain, TN 11.9 mi
37820 New Market, TN 12.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37848?

37848 is in Powder Springs, Tennessee, in Grainger County, part of the Knoxville, TN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2370, -83.6817.

What county is 37848 in?

37848 spans 2 counties: Grainger County and Union County. Most of it falls in Grainger 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 37848?

Powder Springs uses area code 865, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 37848 in?

37848 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37848?

About 145 people live in ZIP code 37848, in 63 households, at 18.1 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 37848?

The closest are 37779 (4.6 mi), 37709 (5 mi), 37807 (8.2 mi), 37888 (8.6 mi) and 37861 (9.4 mi).

Is 37848 a PO Box ZIP code?

37848 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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