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37916

ZIP 37916 is in Knoxville, Tennessee, in Knox County; area code 865; Eastern time. Knoxville has 31 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Knox
Metro area
Knoxville, TN
Population
15,583
Coordinates
35.9531, -83.9326
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Where 37916 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37916
  • 🔢 Type 37916 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIGLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,916 = 2 × 2 × 9479. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001010000011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37915 (Knoxville, TN, 2 mi away) and 37917 (Knoxville, TN, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37916 becomes 61973, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 35 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13679, 13697, 13796, 16937, 17936, 17963, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96731 in Kahuku, HI, 4,486 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 60%.
  • 🎯841 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37916 and you would come out at 35.95°S, 96.07°E — 1,165 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
  • 📏 At 1.4 square miles of land, 37916 is bigger than 10% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population15,583This ZIP15,583
Households3,079This ZIP3,079
Housing units3,687This ZIP3,687
Median age20.6This ZIP20.6Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$14,925This ZIP$14,925Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$269,800This ZIP$269,800Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,236This ZIP$1,236Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher41.1%This ZIP41.1%
Mean commute14.1 minThis ZIP14.1 min
Population density11,059.6 / sq miThis ZIP11,059.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments185This ZIP185
Employees6,486This ZIP6,486
Annual payroll$405,747,000This ZIP$405,747,000
Tax returns filed910This ZIP910
Total adjusted gross income$28,903,000This ZIP$28,903,000

Land area

Land area1.41 sq miThis ZIP1.41 sq mi
Water area0.07 sq miThis ZIP0.07 sq mi

Other place names in 37916

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ZIP codes near 37916

ZIPCityDistance
37995 Knoxville, TN 0.8 mi
37902 Knoxville, TN 1.0 mi
37929 Knoxville, TN 1.1 mi
37915 Knoxville, TN 2.2 mi
37927 Knoxville, TN 3.0 mi
37928 Knoxville, TN 3.0 mi
37933 Knoxville, TN 3.0 mi
37939 Knoxville, TN 3.0 mi
37940 Knoxville, TN 3.0 mi
37950 Knoxville, TN 3.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37916?

37916 is in Knoxville, Tennessee, in Knox County, part of the Knoxville, TN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.9531, -83.9326.

What county is 37916 in?

37916 lies in Knox County.

What area code is 37916?

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

What time zone is 37916 in?

37916 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37916?

About 15,583 people live in ZIP code 37916, in 3,079 households, at 11,059.6 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 37916?

$14,925 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37916?

The closest are 37995 (0.8 mi), 37902 (1 mi), 37929 (1.1 mi), 37915 (2.2 mi) and 37927 (3 mi).

Is 37916 a PO Box ZIP code?

37916 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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