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38036

ZIP 38036 is Gallaway, Tennessee, in Fayette County; area code 901; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Fayette
Metro area
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
Population
207
Coordinates
35.3272, -89.6194
☼ Live from 38036 — Gallaway, TN

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Where 38036 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 38036
  • 🔢 Type 38036 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gEOBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,036 = 2 × 2 × 37 × 257. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001010010010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38034 (Friendship, TN, 46 mi away) and 38037 (Gates, TN, 35 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38036 becomes 63083, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03836, 06338, 06383, 30368, 30638, 30683, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83630 in Huston, ID, 1,549 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯580 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38036 and you would come out at 35.33°S, 90.38°E — 1,405 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 0.228 square miles of land, 38036 is bigger than 3% of ZIP codes — about 110 football fields.
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People and housing

Population207This ZIP207
Households54This ZIP54
Housing units59This ZIP59
Median age69.5This ZIP69.5Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median home value$132,500This ZIP$132,500Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$686This ZIP$686Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher9.3%This ZIP9.3%
Population density907.9 / sq miThis ZIP907.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments15This ZIP15
Employees368This ZIP368
Annual payroll$23,863,000This ZIP$23,863,000

Land area

Land area0.23 sq miThis ZIP0.23 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 38036

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

ZIP codes near 38036

ZIPCityDistance
38002 Arlington, TN 5.3 mi
38049 Mason, TN 6.3 mi
38010 Braden, TN 7.9 mi
38014 Brunswick, TN 9.4 mi
38004 Atoka, TN 9.8 mi
38028 Eads, TN 10.0 mi
38060 Oakland, TN 10.4 mi
38011 Brighton, TN 11.5 mi
38133 Memphis, TN 12.7 mi
38071 Tipton, TN 12.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38036?

38036 is in Gallaway, Tennessee, in Fayette County, part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.3272, -89.6194.

What county is 38036 in?

38036 lies in Fayette County.

What area code is 38036?

Gallaway uses area code 901, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 38036 in?

38036 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 38036?

About 207 people live in ZIP code 38036, in 54 households, at 907.9 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 38036?

The closest are 38002 (5.3 mi), 38049 (6.3 mi), 38010 (7.9 mi), 38014 (9.4 mi) and 38004 (9.8 mi).

Is 38036 a PO Box ZIP code?

38036 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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