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38255

ZIP 38255 is Sharon, Tennessee, mostly in Weakley County; area code 731; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Weakley +1 more
Metro area
Martin, TN
Population
2,271
Coordinates
36.2407, -88.8591
☼ Live from 38255 — Sharon, TN

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Where 38255 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 38255
  • 🔢 Type 38255 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SSZBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,255 = 5 × 7 × 1093. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001010101101111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38254 (Samburg, TN, 29 mi away) and 38256 (Springville, TN, 41 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38255 becomes 55283, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25358, 25853, 28355, 28553, 32855, 35285, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83552 in Stites, ID, 1,551 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 53%.
  • 🎯584 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38255 and you would come out at 36.24°S, 91.14°E — 1,386 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 49.2 square miles of land, 38255 is bigger than 59% of ZIP codes — room for about 37 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,271This ZIP2,271
Households1,023This ZIP1,023
Housing units1,139This ZIP1,139
Median age43.9This ZIP43.9Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$45,990This ZIP$45,990Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$110,400This ZIP$110,400Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$617This ZIP$617Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.8%This ZIP22.8%
Mean commute22.7 minThis ZIP22.7 min
Population density46.2 / sq miThis ZIP46.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments26This ZIP26
Employees236This ZIP236
Annual payroll$11,169,000This ZIP$11,169,000
Tax returns filed970This ZIP970
Total adjusted gross income$48,453,000This ZIP$48,453,000

Land area

Land area49.21 sq miThis ZIP49.21 sq mi
Water area0.15 sq miThis ZIP0.15 sq mi

Counties 38255 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Weakley County 97.3%
Obion County 2.7%

Other place names in 38255

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

ZIP codes near 38255

ZIPCityDistance
38238 Martin, TN 7.1 mi
38230 Greenfield, TN 7.6 mi
38237 Martin, TN 8.5 mi
38369 Rutherford, TN 8.8 mi
38233 Kenton, TN 10.6 mi
38225 Dresden, TN 11.8 mi
38316 Bradford, TN 12.0 mi
38253 Rives, TN 12.1 mi
38229 Gleason, TN 14.0 mi
38346 Idlewild, TN 14.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38255?

38255 is in Sharon, Tennessee, in Weakley County, part of the Martin, TN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2407, -88.8591.

What county is 38255 in?

38255 spans 2 counties: Weakley County and Obion County. Most of it falls in Weakley 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 38255?

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

What time zone is 38255 in?

38255 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 38255?

About 2,271 people live in ZIP code 38255, in 1,023 households, at 46.2 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 38255?

$45,990 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 38255?

The closest are 38238 (7.1 mi), 38230 (7.6 mi), 38237 (8.5 mi), 38369 (8.8 mi) and 38233 (10.6 mi).

Is 38255 a PO Box ZIP code?

38255 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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