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37873

ZIP 37873 is Surgoinsville, Tennessee, in Hawkins County; area code 423; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Hawkins
Population
3,960
Coordinates
36.5263, -82.8430
☼ Live from 37873 — Surgoinsville, TN

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Where 37873 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37873
  • 🔢 Type 37873 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ELBLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ⇆37873 reads the same backwards. It is one of only 412 palindromic ZIP codes.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,873 = 11 × 11 × 313. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001111110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37872 (Sunbright, TN, 104 mi away) and 37874 (Sweetwater, TN, 111 mi away).
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33778, 33877, 37378, 37387, 37738, 38377, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87733 in Mosquero, NM, 1,171 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 63%.
  • 🎯883 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37873 and you would come out at 36.53°S, 97.16°E — 1,112 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 62.6 square miles of land, 37873 is bigger than 66% of ZIP codes — room for about 48 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,960This ZIP3,960
Households1,708This ZIP1,708
Housing units2,150This ZIP2,150
Median age48.4This ZIP48.4Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$44,390This ZIP$44,390Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$178,900This ZIP$178,900Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$739This ZIP$739Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher11.5%This ZIP11.5%
Mean commute29.2 minThis ZIP29.2 min
Population density63.2 / sq miThis ZIP63.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments47This ZIP47
Employees1,325This ZIP1,325
Annual payroll$56,575,000This ZIP$56,575,000
Tax returns filed1,730This ZIP1,730
Total adjusted gross income$93,978,000This ZIP$93,978,000

Land area

Land area62.63 sq miThis ZIP62.63 sq mi
Water area0.86 sq miThis ZIP0.86 sq mi

Other place names in 37873

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ZIP codes near 37873

ZIPCityDistance
37642 Church Hill, TN 6.5 mi
37857 Rogersville, TN 8.9 mi
37731 Eidson, TN 9.3 mi
37645 Mount Carmel, TN 10.3 mi
24221 Blackwater, VA 11.0 mi
37765 Kyles Ford, TN 12.4 mi
24244 Duffield, VA 12.7 mi
37656 Fall Branch, TN 14.7 mi
37660 Kingsport, TN 15.1 mi
37665 Kingsport, TN 15.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37873?

37873 is in Surgoinsville, Tennessee, in Hawkins County, part of the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.5263, -82.8430.

What county is 37873 in?

37873 lies in Hawkins County.

What area code is 37873?

Surgoinsville uses area code 423, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 37873 in?

37873 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37873?

About 3,960 people live in ZIP code 37873, in 1,708 households, at 63.2 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 37873?

$44,390 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37873?

The closest are 37642 (6.5 mi), 37857 (8.9 mi), 37731 (9.3 mi), 37645 (10.3 mi) and 24221 (11 mi).

Is 37873 a PO Box ZIP code?

37873 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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