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37938

ZIP 37938 is in Knoxville, Tennessee, mostly in Knox County; area code 865; Eastern time. Knoxville has 31 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Knox +2 more
Metro area
Knoxville, TN
Population
17,437
Coordinates
36.1250, -83.9382
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Where 37938 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 37938
  • 🔢 Type 37938 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEGLE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 37,938 = 2 × 3 × 6323. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001010000110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 37934 (Knoxville, TN, 22 mi away) and 37939 (Knoxville, TN, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 37938 becomes 83973, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33897, 37389, 37398, 38379, 38739, 39837, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97338 in Dallas, OR, 2,134 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 60%.
  • 🎯836 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 37938 and you would come out at 36.13°S, 96.06°E — 1,167 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 32.4 square miles of land, 37938 is bigger than 48% of ZIP codes — room for about 25 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population17,437This ZIP17,437
Households7,148This ZIP7,148
Housing units7,393This ZIP7,393
Median age47.8This ZIP47.8Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$84,135This ZIP$84,135Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$322,500This ZIP$322,500Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,353This ZIP$1,353Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher34.1%This ZIP34.1%
Mean commute26.7 minThis ZIP26.7 min
Population density538.8 / sq miThis ZIP538.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments242This ZIP242
Employees2,186This ZIP2,186
Annual payroll$82,451,000This ZIP$82,451,000
Tax returns filed9,100This ZIP9,100
Total adjusted gross income$819,874,000This ZIP$819,874,000

Land area

Land area32.36 sq miThis ZIP32.36 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 37938 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Knox County 99.0%
Union County 0.6%
Anderson County 0.4%

Other place names in 37938

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

ZIP codes near 37938

ZIPCityDistance
37918 Knoxville, TN 4.8 mi
37754 Heiskell, TN 5.2 mi
37721 Corryton, TN 6.9 mi
37901 Knoxville, TN 7.1 mi
37849 Powell, TN 7.9 mi
37705 Andersonville, TN 8.1 mi
37912 Knoxville, TN 8.5 mi
37917 Knoxville, TN 8.6 mi
37828 Norris, TN 8.9 mi
37927 Knoxville, TN 9.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 37938?

37938 is in Knoxville, Tennessee, in Knox County, part of the Knoxville, TN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.1250, -83.9382.

What county is 37938 in?

37938 spans 3 counties: Knox County, Union County and Anderson County. Most of it falls in Knox 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 37938?

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

What time zone is 37938 in?

37938 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 37938?

About 17,437 people live in ZIP code 37938, in 7,148 households, at 538.8 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 37938?

$84,135 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 37938?

The closest are 37918 (4.8 mi), 37754 (5.2 mi), 37721 (6.9 mi), 37901 (7.1 mi) and 37849 (7.9 mi).

Is 37938 a PO Box ZIP code?

37938 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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