Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/38105

38105

ZIP 38105 is in Memphis, Tennessee, in Shelby County; area code 901; Central time. Memphis has 61 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Shelby
Metro area
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
Population
5,534
Coordinates
35.1514, -90.0355
☼ Live from 38105 — Memphis, TN

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 38105 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 38105
  • 🔢 Type 38105 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOIBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,105 = 5 × 7621. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001010011011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38104 (Memphis, TN, 2 mi away) and 38106 (Memphis, TN, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38105 becomes 50183, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 55 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01538, 01583, 01835, 01853, 03581, 03815, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83501 in Lewiston, ID, 1,593 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 56%.
  • 🎯569 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38105 and you would come out at 35.15°S, 89.96°E — 1,400 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 1.7 square miles of land, 38105 is bigger than 11% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.3 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 38105 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population5,534This ZIP5,534
Households3,242This ZIP3,242
Housing units4,269This ZIP4,269
Median age40.2This ZIP40.2Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$34,015This ZIP$34,015Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$90,200This ZIP$90,200Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$997This ZIP$997Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher25.6%This ZIP25.6%
Mean commute20.6 minThis ZIP20.6 min
Population density3,274.6 / sq miThis ZIP3,274.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments134This ZIP134
Employees8,712This ZIP8,712
Annual payroll$812,038,000This ZIP$812,038,000
Tax returns filed2,110This ZIP2,110
Total adjusted gross income$71,544,000This ZIP$71,544,000

Land area

Land area1.69 sq miThis ZIP1.69 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 38105

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

ZIP codes near 38105

ZIPCityDistance
37544 Memphis, TN 0.8 mi
38101 Memphis, TN 0.8 mi
38148 Memphis, TN 0.8 mi
38150 Memphis, TN 0.8 mi
38159 Memphis, TN 0.8 mi
38173 Memphis, TN 0.8 mi
38103 Memphis, TN 1.2 mi
38107 Memphis, TN 1.5 mi
38126 Memphis, TN 1.8 mi
38104 Memphis, TN 2.2 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 38105 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38105?

38105 is in Memphis, Tennessee, in Shelby County, part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.1514, -90.0355.

What county is 38105 in?

38105 lies in Shelby County.

What area code is 38105?

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

What time zone is 38105 in?

38105 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 38105?

About 5,534 people live in ZIP code 38105, in 3,242 households, at 3,274.6 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 38105?

$34,015 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 38105?

The closest are 37544 (0.8 mi), 38101 (0.8 mi), 38148 (0.8 mi), 38150 (0.8 mi) and 38159 (0.8 mi).

Is 38105 a PO Box ZIP code?

38105 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “38105 ZIP Code — Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/38105

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/38105.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.