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37874

ZIP 37874 is Sweetwater, Tennessee, mostly in Monroe County; area code 423; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Monroe +3 more
Metro area
none
Population
16,567
Coordinates
35.5983, -84.4565
☼ Live from 37874 — Sweetwater, TN

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Where 37874 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37874
  • 🔢 Type 37874 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hLBLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,874 = 2 × 29 × 653. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001111110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37873 (Surgoinsville, TN, 111 mi away) and 37876 (Sevierville, TN, 58 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37874 becomes 47873, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34778, 34787, 37748, 37847, 38477, 38774, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84737 in Hurricane, UT, 1,600 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯824 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37874 and you would come out at 35.60°S, 95.54°E — 1,191 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 102.9 square miles of land, 37874 is bigger than 78% of ZIP codes — room for about 78 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population16,567This ZIP16,567
Households6,948This ZIP6,948
Housing units7,395This ZIP7,395
Median age41.0This ZIP41.0Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$53,605This ZIP$53,605Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$191,300This ZIP$191,300Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$625This ZIP$625Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.6%This ZIP13.6%
Mean commute25.3 minThis ZIP25.3 min
Population density161.1 / sq miThis ZIP161.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments276This ZIP276
Employees4,194This ZIP4,194
Annual payroll$173,710,000This ZIP$173,710,000
Tax returns filed6,820This ZIP6,820
Total adjusted gross income$392,003,000This ZIP$392,003,000

Land area

Land area102.86 sq miThis ZIP102.86 sq mi
Water area0.10 sq miThis ZIP0.10 sq mi

Counties 37874 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Monroe County 70.3%
McMinn County 20.5%
Loudon County 8.7%
Roane County 0.4%

Other place names in 37874

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ZIP codes near 37874

ZIPCityDistance
37846 Philadelphia, TN 5.8 mi
37826 Niota, TN 8.0 mi
37354 Madisonville, TN 8.8 mi
37774 Loudon, TN 10.6 mi
37371 Athens, TN 13.2 mi
37880 Ten Mile, TN 13.5 mi
37329 Englewood, TN 14.3 mi
37303 Athens, TN 14.9 mi
37763 Kingston, TN 15.7 mi
37742 Greenback, TN 16.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37874?

37874 is in Sweetwater, Tennessee, in Monroe County. Its published point location is 35.5983, -84.4565.

What county is 37874 in?

37874 spans 4 counties: Monroe County, McMinn County, Loudon County and Roane County. Most of it falls in Monroe 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 37874?

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

What time zone is 37874 in?

37874 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37874?

About 16,567 people live in ZIP code 37874, in 6,948 households, at 161.1 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 37874?

$53,605 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37874?

The closest are 37846 (5.8 mi), 37826 (8 mi), 37354 (8.8 mi), 37774 (10.6 mi) and 37371 (13.2 mi).

Is 37874 a PO Box ZIP code?

37874 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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