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37849

ZIP 37849 is Powell, Tennessee, mostly in Knox County; area code 865; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Knox +1 more
Metro area
Knoxville, TN
Population
29,375
Coordinates
36.0540, -84.0485
☼ Live from 37849 — Powell, TN

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Where 37849 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37849
  • 🔢 Type 37849 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhBLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,849 = 7 × 5407. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001111011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37848 (Powder Springs, TN, 24 mi away) and 37851 (Pruden, TN, 38 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37849 becomes 94873, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34789, 34987, 38749, 38947, 39478, 47983, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97348 in Halsey, OR, 2,118 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 60%.
  • 🎯832 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37849 and you would come out at 36.05°S, 95.95°E — 1,173 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 39.7 square miles of land, 37849 is bigger than 53% of ZIP codes — room for about 30 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population29,375This ZIP29,375
Households11,031This ZIP11,031
Housing units11,545This ZIP11,545
Median age38.8This ZIP38.8Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$84,275This ZIP$84,275Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$290,900This ZIP$290,900Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,205This ZIP$1,205Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher32.4%This ZIP32.4%
Mean commute25.7 minThis ZIP25.7 min
Population density739.1 / sq miThis ZIP739.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments430This ZIP430
Employees5,983This ZIP5,983
Annual payroll$270,407,000This ZIP$270,407,000
Tax returns filed13,000This ZIP13,000
Total adjusted gross income$974,337,000This ZIP$974,337,000

Land area

Land area39.74 sq miThis ZIP39.74 sq mi
Water area0.35 sq miThis ZIP0.35 sq mi

Counties 37849 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Knox County 71.4%
Anderson County 28.6%

Other place names in 37849

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

ZIP codes near 37849

ZIPCityDistance
37912 Knoxville, TN 4.8 mi
37921 Knoxville, TN 5.8 mi
37754 Heiskell, TN 6.0 mi
37927 Knoxville, TN 6.5 mi
37928 Knoxville, TN 6.5 mi
37933 Knoxville, TN 6.5 mi
37939 Knoxville, TN 6.5 mi
37940 Knoxville, TN 6.5 mi
37950 Knoxville, TN 6.5 mi
37996 Knoxville, TN 6.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37849?

37849 is in Powell, Tennessee, in Knox County, part of the Knoxville, TN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0540, -84.0485.

What county is 37849 in?

37849 spans 2 counties: Knox County and Anderson County. Most of it falls in Knox 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 37849?

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

What time zone is 37849 in?

37849 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37849?

About 29,375 people live in ZIP code 37849, in 11,031 households, at 739.1 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 37849?

$84,275 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37849?

The closest are 37912 (4.8 mi), 37921 (5.8 mi), 37754 (6 mi), 37927 (6.5 mi) and 37928 (6.5 mi).

Is 37849 a PO Box ZIP code?

37849 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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