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38572

ZIP 38572 is in Crossville, Tennessee, mostly in Cumberland County; area code 931; Central time. Crossville has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 38555, 38557, 38558 and 38571.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cumberland +1 more
Metro area
Crossville, TN
Population
12,083
Coordinates
35.8491, -85.1290
☼ Live from 38572 — Crossville, TN

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Where 38572 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 38572
  • 🔢 Type 38572 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLSBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,572 = 2 × 2 × 9643. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001011010101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38571 (Crossville, TN, 15 mi away) and 38573 (Monroe, TN, 45 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38572 becomes 27583 — and that is a real ZIP code: Timberlake, NC, 348 miles away.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23857, 23875, 25387, 25837, 25873, 27358, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83725 in Boise, ID, 1,724 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 56%.
  • 🎯783 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38572 and you would come out at 35.85°S, 94.87°E — 1,231 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
  • 📏 At 158.5 square miles of land, 38572 is bigger than 87% of ZIP codes — room for about 120 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population12,083This ZIP12,083
Households5,320This ZIP5,320
Housing units6,247This ZIP6,247
Median age55.3This ZIP55.3Tennessee38.9US 38.9
Median household income$56,609This ZIP$56,609Tennessee$69,595US $80,734
Median home value$223,900This ZIP$223,900Tennessee$286,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$956This ZIP$956Tennessee$1,189US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.6%This ZIP13.6%
Mean commute25.4 minThis ZIP25.4 min
Population density76.2 / sq miThis ZIP76.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments80This ZIP80
Employees470This ZIP470
Annual payroll$13,234,000This ZIP$13,234,000
Tax returns filed5,980This ZIP5,980
Total adjusted gross income$350,457,000This ZIP$350,457,000

Land area

Land area158.51 sq miThis ZIP158.51 sq mi
Water area1.36 sq miThis ZIP1.36 sq mi

Counties 38572 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Cumberland County 91.3%
Bledsoe County 8.7%

Other place names in 38572

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

ZIP codes near 38572

ZIPCityDistance
38555 Crossville, TN 8.3 mi
38578 Pleasant Hill, TN 9.8 mi
38557 Crossville, TN 11.6 mi
38571 Crossville, TN 15.4 mi
37337 Grandview, TN 16.2 mi
37367 Pikeville, TN 16.8 mi
37381 Spring City, TN 18.0 mi
38583 Sparta, TN 18.3 mi
38558 Crossville, TN 18.4 mi
38585 Spencer, TN 19.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38572?

38572 is in Crossville, Tennessee, in Cumberland County, part of the Crossville, TN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.8491, -85.1290.

What county is 38572 in?

38572 spans 2 counties: Cumberland County and Bledsoe County. Most of it falls in Cumberland 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 38572?

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

What time zone is 38572 in?

38572 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 38572?

About 12,083 people live in ZIP code 38572, in 5,320 households, at 76.2 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 38572?

$56,609 a year, against $69,595 across Tennessee.

What ZIP codes are near 38572?

The closest are 38555 (8.3 mi), 38578 (9.8 mi), 38557 (11.6 mi), 38571 (15.4 mi) and 37337 (16.2 mi).

Is 38572 a PO Box ZIP code?

38572 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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