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38611

ZIP 38611 is Byhalia, Mississippi, mostly in Marshall County; area code 662; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Marshall +1 more
Metro area
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
Population
16,537
Coordinates
34.8562, -89.6760
☼ Live from 38611 — Byhalia, MS

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Where 38611 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 38611
  • 🔢 Type 38611 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IIgBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 38611 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001011011010011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38610 (Blue Mountain, MS, 40 mi away) and 38614 (Clarksdale, MS, 72 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38611 becomes 11683, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11368, 11386, 13618, 13681, 13861, 18631, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83611 in Cascade, ID, 1,515 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯597 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38611 and you would come out at 34.86°S, 90.32°E — 1,428 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 49m.
  • 📏 At 191.7 square miles of land, 38611 is bigger than 90% of ZIP codes — room for about 146 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population16,537This ZIP16,537
Households6,307This ZIP6,307
Housing units7,379This ZIP7,379
Median age38.3This ZIP38.3Mississippi38.6US 38.9
Median household income$58,830This ZIP$58,830Mississippi$56,447US $80,734
Median home value$201,700This ZIP$201,700Mississippi$169,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,082This ZIP$1,082Mississippi$954US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.2%This ZIP14.2%
Mean commute31.4 minThis ZIP31.4 min
Population density86.2 / sq miThis ZIP86.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments202This ZIP202
Employees4,092This ZIP4,092
Annual payroll$260,461,000This ZIP$260,461,000
Tax returns filed7,940This ZIP7,940
Total adjusted gross income$470,119,000This ZIP$470,119,000

Land area

Land area191.74 sq miThis ZIP191.74 sq mi
Water area0.57 sq miThis ZIP0.57 sq mi

Counties 38611 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Marshall County 81.3%
DeSoto County 18.7%

Other place names in 38611

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

ZIP codes near 38611

ZIPCityDistance
38679 Victoria, MS 2.2 mi
38661 Red Banks, MS 7.0 mi
38654 Olive Branch, MS 9.6 mi
38649 Mount Pleasant, MS 11.0 mi
38635 Holly Springs, MS 12.4 mi
38027 Collierville, TN 12.9 mi
38125 Memphis, TN 13.3 mi
38638 Independence, MS 14.1 mi
38634 Holly Springs, MS 14.3 mi
38017 Collierville, TN 14.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38611?

38611 is in Byhalia, Mississippi, in Marshall County, part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.8562, -89.6760.

What county is 38611 in?

38611 spans 2 counties: Marshall County and DeSoto County. Most of it falls in Marshall 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 38611?

Byhalia uses area code 662, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 38611 in?

38611 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 38611?

About 16,537 people live in ZIP code 38611, in 6,307 households, at 86.2 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 38611?

$58,830 a year, against $56,447 across Mississippi.

What ZIP codes are near 38611?

The closest are 38679 (2.2 mi), 38661 (7 mi), 38654 (9.6 mi), 38649 (11 mi) and 38635 (12.4 mi).

Is 38611 a PO Box ZIP code?

38611 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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