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38063

ZIP 38063 is Ripley, Tennessee, mostly in Lauderdale County; area code 731; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lauderdale +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
15,958
Coordinates
35.7464, -89.6294
☼ Live from 38063 — Ripley, TN

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Where 38063 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 38063
  • 🔢 Type 38063 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EgOBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,063 = 17 × 2239. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001010010101111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38061 (Pocahontas, TN, 67 mi away) and 38066 (Rossville, TN, 47 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38063 becomes 36083 — and that is a real ZIP code: Tuskegee, AL, 324 miles away.
  • 👥 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, 1,535 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯564 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38063 and you would come out at 35.75°S, 90.37°E — 1,383 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 285.2 square miles of land, 38063 is bigger than 94% of ZIP codes — room for about 216 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population15,958This ZIP15,958
Households6,073This ZIP6,073
Housing units7,052This ZIP7,052
Median age38.5This ZIP38.5Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$49,403This ZIP$49,403Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$153,300This ZIP$153,300Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$782This ZIP$782Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.3%This ZIP14.3%
Mean commute27.5 minThis ZIP27.5 min
Population density56.0 / sq miThis ZIP56.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments206This ZIP206
Employees3,712This ZIP3,712
Annual payroll$172,945,000This ZIP$172,945,000
Tax returns filed6,340This ZIP6,340
Total adjusted gross income$321,233,000This ZIP$321,233,000

Land area

Land area285.17 sq miThis ZIP285.17 sq mi
Water area18.63 sq miThis ZIP18.63 sq mi

Counties 38063 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Lauderdale County 90.3%
Haywood County 9.7%

Other place names in 38063

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ZIP codes near 38063

ZIPCityDistance
38041 Henning, TN 7.0 mi
38040 Halls, TN 12.3 mi
38019 Covington, TN 12.8 mi
38037 Gates, TN 13.4 mi
72358 Luxora, AR 15.1 mi
72310 Armorel, AR 15.3 mi
38030 Finley, TN 16.5 mi
38015 Burlison, TN 16.9 mi
72321 Burdette, AR 18.0 mi
72315 Blytheville, AR 18.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38063?

38063 is in Ripley, Tennessee, in Lauderdale County. Its published point location is 35.7464, -89.6294.

What county is 38063 in?

38063 spans 2 counties: Lauderdale County and Haywood County. Most of it falls in Lauderdale 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 38063?

Ripley uses area code 731, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 38063 in?

38063 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 38063?

About 15,958 people live in ZIP code 38063, in 6,073 households, at 56.0 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 38063?

$49,403 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 38063?

The closest are 38041 (7 mi), 38040 (12.3 mi), 38019 (12.8 mi), 38037 (13.4 mi) and 72358 (15.1 mi).

Is 38063 a PO Box ZIP code?

38063 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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