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37887

ZIP 37887 is Wartburg, Tennessee, in Morgan County; area code 423; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Morgan
Metro area
Knoxville, TN
Population
6,555
Coordinates
36.0707, -84.6141
☼ Live from 37887 — Wartburg, TN

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Where 37887 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37887
  • 🔢 Type 37887 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LBBLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,887 = 3 × 73 × 173. Its digits add up to 33, a total 456 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001001111111111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37886 (Walland, TN, 51 mi away) and 37888 (Washburn, TN, 60 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37887 becomes 78873 — and that is a real ZIP code: Leakey, TX, 976 miles away.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (37878, 38778, 38877, 77388, 77838, 78387, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83877 in Post Falls, ID, 1,830 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯803 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37887 and you would come out at 36.07°S, 95.39°E — 1,204 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 81.4 square miles of land, 37887 is bigger than 73% of ZIP codes — room for about 62 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,555This ZIP6,555
Households1,765This ZIP1,765
Housing units2,055This ZIP2,055
Median age41.7This ZIP41.7Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$65,137This ZIP$65,137Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$187,900This ZIP$187,900Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$683This ZIP$683Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher10.2%This ZIP10.2%
Mean commute27.5 minThis ZIP27.5 min
Population density80.5 / sq miThis ZIP80.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments92This ZIP92
Employees1,134This ZIP1,134
Annual payroll$44,072,000This ZIP$44,072,000
Tax returns filed2,210This ZIP2,210
Total adjusted gross income$132,013,000This ZIP$132,013,000

Land area

Land area81.40 sq miThis ZIP81.40 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 37887

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

ZIP codes near 37887

ZIPCityDistance
37829 Oakdale, TN 4.8 mi
37770 Lancing, TN 5.9 mi
37845 Petros, TN 9.4 mi
37748 Harriman, TN 10.2 mi
37719 Coalfield, TN 10.9 mi
37723 Crab Orchard, TN 13.1 mi
37726 Deer Lodge, TN 13.6 mi
37840 Oliver Springs, TN 13.7 mi
37854 Rockwood, TN 13.8 mi
37872 Sunbright, TN 14.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37887?

37887 is in Wartburg, Tennessee, in Morgan County, part of the Knoxville, TN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0707, -84.6141.

What county is 37887 in?

37887 lies in Morgan County.

What area code is 37887?

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

What time zone is 37887 in?

37887 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37887?

About 6,555 people live in ZIP code 37887, in 1,765 households, at 80.5 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 37887?

$65,137 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37887?

The closest are 37829 (4.8 mi), 37770 (5.9 mi), 37845 (9.4 mi), 37748 (10.2 mi) and 37719 (10.9 mi).

Is 37887 a PO Box ZIP code?

37887 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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