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37882

ZIP 37882 is Townsend, Tennessee, in Blount County; area code 865; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Blount
Metro area
Knoxville, TN
Population
2,914
Coordinates
35.6044, -83.8194
☼ Live from 37882 — Townsend, TN

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Where 37882 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37882
  • 🔢 Type 37882 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZBBLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,882 = 2 × 13 × 31 × 47. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001111111010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37881 (Thorn Hill, TN, 60 mi away) and 37885 (Vonore, TN, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37882 becomes 28873, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23878, 23887, 27883, 28378, 28387, 28738, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83872 in Viola, ID, 1,872 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 60%.
  • 🎯857 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37882 and you would come out at 35.60°S, 96.18°E — 1,156 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 183.8 square miles of land, 37882 is bigger than 90% of ZIP codes — room for about 140 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,914This ZIP2,914
Households1,363This ZIP1,363
Housing units2,437This ZIP2,437
Median age61.9This ZIP61.9Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$69,012This ZIP$69,012Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$344,500This ZIP$344,500Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,030This ZIP$1,030Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher34.3%This ZIP34.3%
Mean commute29.3 minThis ZIP29.3 min
Population density15.9 / sq miThis ZIP15.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments80This ZIP80
Employees737This ZIP737
Annual payroll$23,920,000This ZIP$23,920,000
Tax returns filed1,490This ZIP1,490
Total adjusted gross income$125,993,000This ZIP$125,993,000

Land area

Land area183.83 sq miThis ZIP183.83 sq mi
Water area1.14 sq miThis ZIP1.14 sq mi

Other place names in 37882

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 37882

ZIPCityDistance
37878 Tallassee, TN 9.1 mi
37886 Walland, TN 9.5 mi
37803 Maryville, TN 9.9 mi
37862 Sevierville, TN 12.3 mi
28733 Fontana Dam, NC 12.5 mi
37802 Maryville, TN 13.5 mi
37804 Maryville, TN 13.6 mi
37801 Maryville, TN 15.4 mi
37701 Alcoa, TN 16.0 mi
37853 Rockford, TN 16.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37882?

37882 is in Townsend, Tennessee, in Blount County, part of the Knoxville, TN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.6044, -83.8194.

What county is 37882 in?

37882 lies in Blount County.

What area code is 37882?

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

What time zone is 37882 in?

37882 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37882?

About 2,914 people live in ZIP code 37882, in 1,363 households, at 15.9 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 37882?

$69,012 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37882?

The closest are 37878 (9.1 mi), 37886 (9.5 mi), 37803 (9.9 mi), 37862 (12.3 mi) and 28733 (12.5 mi).

Is 37882 a PO Box ZIP code?

37882 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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