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38139

ZIP 38139 is in Germantown, Tennessee, in Shelby County; area code 901; Central time. Germantown has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 38138 and 38183.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Shelby
Metro area
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
Population
16,466
Coordinates
35.0829, -89.7548
☼ Live from 38139 — Germantown, TN

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Where 38139 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 38139
  • 🔢 Type 38139 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GEIBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,139 = 3 × 12713. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001010011111011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38138 (Germantown, TN, 3 mi away) and 38141 (Memphis, TN, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38139 becomes 93183, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13839, 18933, 19383, 33189, 33198, 33918, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98331 in Forks, WA, 1,965 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯584 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38139 and you would come out at 35.08°S, 90.25°E — 1,414 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 8.7 square miles of land, 38139 is bigger than 25% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.6 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population16,466This ZIP16,466
Households5,909This ZIP5,909
Housing units6,053This ZIP6,053
Median age44.8This ZIP44.8Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$178,661This ZIP$178,661Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$575,500This ZIP$575,500Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,697This ZIP$2,697Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher75.1%This ZIP75.1%
Mean commute23.9 minThis ZIP23.9 min
Population density1,890.9 / sq miThis ZIP1,890.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments185This ZIP185
Employees1,799This ZIP1,799
Annual payroll$85,651,000This ZIP$85,651,000
Tax returns filed7,570This ZIP7,570
Total adjusted gross income$2,010,948,000This ZIP$2,010,948,000

Land area

Land area8.71 sq miThis ZIP8.71 sq mi
Water area0.06 sq miThis ZIP0.06 sq mi

Other place names in 38139

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ZIP codes near 38139

ZIPCityDistance
38138 Germantown, TN 2.5 mi
38018 Cordova, TN 3.9 mi
38125 Memphis, TN 4.4 mi
38119 Memphis, TN 5.1 mi
38088 Cordova, TN 5.2 mi
38017 Collierville, TN 5.8 mi
38027 Collierville, TN 5.8 mi
38120 Memphis, TN 6.2 mi
38115 Memphis, TN 6.4 mi
38016 Cordova, TN 6.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38139?

38139 is in Germantown, Tennessee, in Shelby County, part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.0829, -89.7548.

What county is 38139 in?

38139 lies in Shelby County.

What area code is 38139?

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

What time zone is 38139 in?

38139 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 38139?

About 16,466 people live in ZIP code 38139, in 5,909 households, at 1,890.9 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 38139?

$178,661 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 38139?

The closest are 38138 (2.5 mi), 38018 (3.9 mi), 38125 (4.4 mi), 38119 (5.1 mi) and 38088 (5.2 mi).

Is 38139 a PO Box ZIP code?

38139 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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