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38544

ZIP 38544 is Baxter, Tennessee, mostly in Putnam County; area code 931; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Putnam +1 more
Metro area
Cookeville, TN
Population
8,175
Coordinates
36.1099, -85.6523
☼ Live from 38544 — Baxter, TN

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Where 38544 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 38544
  • 🔢 Type 38544 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hhSBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,544 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 11 × 73. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001011010010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38543 (Alpine, TN, 33 mi away) and 38545 (Bloomington Springs, TN, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38544 becomes 44583, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35448, 38454, 43458, 43548, 43845, 44853, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83544 in Orofino, ID, 1,724 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 55%.
  • 🎯749 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38544 and you would come out at 36.11°S, 94.35°E — 1,262 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 79.2 square miles of land, 38544 is bigger than 72% of ZIP codes — room for about 60 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population8,175This ZIP8,175
Households3,078This ZIP3,078
Housing units3,558This ZIP3,558
Median age40.9This ZIP40.9Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$69,823This ZIP$69,823Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$245,100This ZIP$245,100Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$955This ZIP$955Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.6%This ZIP18.6%
Mean commute28.7 minThis ZIP28.7 min
Population density103.2 / sq miThis ZIP103.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments92This ZIP92
Employees868This ZIP868
Annual payroll$32,198,000This ZIP$32,198,000
Tax returns filed3,510This ZIP3,510
Total adjusted gross income$219,288,000This ZIP$219,288,000

Land area

Land area79.22 sq miThis ZIP79.22 sq mi
Water area3.05 sq miThis ZIP3.05 sq mi

Counties 38544 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Putnam County 90.6%
DeKalb County 9.4%

Other place names in 38544

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

ZIP codes near 38544

ZIPCityDistance
38582 Silver Point, TN 6.3 mi
38545 Bloomington Springs, TN 8.4 mi
38503 Cookeville, TN 9.0 mi
38548 Buffalo Valley, TN 9.0 mi
38502 Cookeville, TN 9.2 mi
38505 Cookeville, TN 9.3 mi
38501 Cookeville, TN 10.4 mi
38569 Lancaster, TN 11.6 mi
38564 Granville, TN 11.6 mi
38552 Chestnut Mound, TN 11.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38544?

38544 is in Baxter, Tennessee, in Putnam County, part of the Cookeville, TN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.1099, -85.6523.

What county is 38544 in?

38544 spans 2 counties: Putnam County and DeKalb County. Most of it falls in Putnam 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 38544?

Baxter uses area code 931, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 38544 in?

38544 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 38544?

About 8,175 people live in ZIP code 38544, in 3,078 households, at 103.2 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 38544?

$69,823 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 38544?

The closest are 38582 (6.3 mi), 38545 (8.4 mi), 38503 (9 mi), 38548 (9 mi) and 38502 (9.2 mi).

Is 38544 a PO Box ZIP code?

38544 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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