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37871

ZIP 37871 is Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, mostly in Knox County; area code 865; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Knox +2 more
Metro area
Knoxville, TN
Population
9,926
Coordinates
36.0470, -83.6813
☼ Live from 37871 — Strawberry Plains, TN

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Where 37871 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37871
  • 🔢 Type 37871 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILBLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 37871 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001111101111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37870 (Speedwell, TN, 30 mi away) and 37872 (Sunbright, TN, 58 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37871 becomes 17873, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13778, 13787, 17837, 18773, 31778, 31787, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83717 in Boise, ID, 1,791 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 61%.
  • 🎯852 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37871 and you would come out at 36.05°S, 96.32°E — 1,152 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 39.1 square miles of land, 37871 is bigger than 53% of ZIP codes — room for about 30 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population9,926This ZIP9,926
Households3,700This ZIP3,700
Housing units3,989This ZIP3,989
Median age41.9This ZIP41.9Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$70,938This ZIP$70,938Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$210,700This ZIP$210,700Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$758This ZIP$758Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.7%This ZIP17.7%
Mean commute28.9 minThis ZIP28.9 min
Population density253.9 / sq miThis ZIP253.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments93This ZIP93
Employees453This ZIP453
Annual payroll$22,382,000This ZIP$22,382,000
Tax returns filed4,270This ZIP4,270
Total adjusted gross income$274,629,000This ZIP$274,629,000

Land area

Land area39.09 sq miThis ZIP39.09 sq mi
Water area0.73 sq miThis ZIP0.73 sq mi

Counties 37871 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Knox County 45.8%
Jefferson County 42.3%
Sevier County 11.8%

Other place names in 37871

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ZIP codes near 37871

ZIPCityDistance
37806 Mascot, TN 3.7 mi
37764 Kodak, TN 6.4 mi
37820 New Market, TN 7.0 mi
37924 Knoxville, TN 7.4 mi
37914 Knoxville, TN 7.8 mi
37709 Blaine, TN 8.3 mi
37998 Knoxville, TN 8.6 mi
37721 Corryton, TN 9.4 mi
37901 Knoxville, TN 11.4 mi
37779 Luttrell, TN 12.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37871?

37871 is in Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, in Knox County, part of the Knoxville, TN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0470, -83.6813.

What county is 37871 in?

37871 spans 3 counties: Knox County, Jefferson County and Sevier 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 37871?

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

What time zone is 37871 in?

37871 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37871?

About 9,926 people live in ZIP code 37871, in 3,700 households, at 253.9 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 37871?

$70,938 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37871?

The closest are 37806 (3.7 mi), 37764 (6.4 mi), 37820 (7 mi), 37924 (7.4 mi) and 37914 (7.8 mi).

Is 37871 a PO Box ZIP code?

37871 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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