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37866

ZIP 37866 is Sharps Chapel, Tennessee, in Union County; area code 865; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Union
Metro area
Knoxville, TN
Population
2,468
Coordinates
36.3473, -83.8433
☼ Live from 37866 — Sharps Chapel, TN

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Where 37866 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37866
  • 🔢 Type 37866 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ggBLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,866 = 2 × 3 × 6311. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001111101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37865 (Seymour, TN, 35 mi away) and 37867 (Shawanee, TN, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37866 becomes 66873 — and that is a real ZIP code: Wilsey, KS, 720 miles away.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (36768, 36786, 36867, 37686, 38676, 63867, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83676 in Wilder, ID, 1,808 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 60%.
  • 🎯836 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37866 and you would come out at 36.35°S, 96.16°E — 1,165 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 55.3 square miles of land, 37866 is bigger than 62% of ZIP codes — room for about 42 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,468This ZIP2,468
Households1,027This ZIP1,027
Housing units1,404This ZIP1,404
Median age44.5This ZIP44.5Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$77,091This ZIP$77,091Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$279,000This ZIP$279,000Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$812This ZIP$812Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.0%This ZIP19.0%
Mean commute46.0 minThis ZIP46.0 min
Population density44.6 / sq miThis ZIP44.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees41This ZIP41
Annual payroll$2,554,000This ZIP$2,554,000
Tax returns filed920This ZIP920
Total adjusted gross income$80,915,000This ZIP$80,915,000

Land area

Land area55.35 sq miThis ZIP55.35 sq mi
Water area11.54 sq miThis ZIP11.54 sq mi

ZIP codes near 37866

ZIPCityDistance
37807 Maynardville, TN 6.1 mi
37870 Speedwell, TN 8.0 mi
37825 New Tazewell, TN 10.3 mi
37779 Luttrell, TN 10.6 mi
37848 Powder Springs, TN 11.8 mi
37705 Andersonville, TN 12.5 mi
37766 La Follette, TN 13.3 mi
37773 Lone Mountain, TN 14.7 mi
37888 Washburn, TN 14.8 mi
37721 Corryton, TN 15.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37866?

37866 is in Sharps Chapel, Tennessee, in Union County, part of the Knoxville, TN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.3473, -83.8433.

What county is 37866 in?

37866 lies in Union County.

What area code is 37866?

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

What time zone is 37866 in?

37866 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37866?

About 2,468 people live in ZIP code 37866, in 1,027 households, at 44.6 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 37866?

$77,091 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37866?

The closest are 37807 (6.1 mi), 37870 (8 mi), 37825 (10.3 mi), 37779 (10.6 mi) and 37848 (11.8 mi).

Is 37866 a PO Box ZIP code?

37866 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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