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37878

ZIP 37878 is Tallassee, Tennessee, in Blount County; area code 865; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Blount
Metro area
Knoxville, TN
Population
761
Coordinates
35.5966, -83.9813
☼ Live from 37878 — Tallassee, TN

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Where 37878 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37878
  • 🔢 Type 37878 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLBLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,878 = 2 × 3 × 59 × 107. Its digits add up to 33, a total 456 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001111110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37877 (Talbott, TN, 50 mi away) and 37879 (Tazewell, TN, 66 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37878 becomes 87873, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (37887, 38778, 38877, 77388, 77838, 78387, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83877 in Post Falls, ID, 1,878 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 60%.
  • 🎯849 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37878 and you would come out at 35.60°S, 96.02°E — 1,165 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 26.0 square miles of land, 37878 is bigger than 43% of ZIP codes — room for about 20 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population761This ZIP761
Households315This ZIP315
Housing units581This ZIP581
Median age39.5This ZIP39.5Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$54,821This ZIP$54,821Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$270,000This ZIP$270,000Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher16.5%This ZIP16.5%
Mean commute38.6 minThis ZIP38.6 min
Population density29.3 / sq miThis ZIP29.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees66This ZIP66
Annual payroll$6,317,000This ZIP$6,317,000
Tax returns filed220This ZIP220
Total adjusted gross income$14,082,000This ZIP$14,082,000

Land area

Land area25.96 sq miThis ZIP25.96 sq mi
Water area1.04 sq miThis ZIP1.04 sq mi

ZIP codes near 37878

ZIPCityDistance
37803 Maryville, TN 4.4 mi
37801 Maryville, TN 7.6 mi
37882 Townsend, TN 9.1 mi
37802 Maryville, TN 11.1 mi
37885 Vonore, TN 11.1 mi
37742 Greenback, TN 12.4 mi
37701 Alcoa, TN 13.5 mi
37737 Friendsville, TN 13.8 mi
37886 Walland, TN 14.0 mi
37804 Maryville, TN 14.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37878?

37878 is in Tallassee, Tennessee, in Blount County, part of the Knoxville, TN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.5966, -83.9813.

What county is 37878 in?

37878 lies in Blount County.

What area code is 37878?

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

What time zone is 37878 in?

37878 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37878?

About 761 people live in ZIP code 37878, in 315 households, at 29.3 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 37878?

$54,821 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37878?

The closest are 37803 (4.4 mi), 37801 (7.6 mi), 37882 (9.1 mi), 37802 (11.1 mi) and 37885 (11.1 mi).

Is 37878 a PO Box ZIP code?

37878 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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