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38801

ZIP 38801 is in Tupelo, Mississippi, mostly in Lee County; area code 662; Central time. Tupelo has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 38802, 38803 and 38804.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lee +1 more
Metro area
Tupelo, MS
Population
29,858
Coordinates
34.2226, -88.7746
☼ Live from 38801 — Tupelo, MS

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Where 38801 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 38801
  • 🔢 Type 38801 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOBBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,801 = 7 × 23 × 241. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001011110010001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38782 (Winterville, MS, 140 mi away) and 38802 (Tupelo, MS, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38801 becomes 10883, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03818, 08318, 08831, 13088, 13808, 18038, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83801 in Athol, ID, 1,719 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 53%.
  • 🎯665 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38801 and you would come out at 34.22°S, 91.23°E — 1,431 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 52m.
  • 📏 At 73.0 square miles of land, 38801 is bigger than 70% of ZIP codes — room for about 55 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population29,858This ZIP29,858
Households11,583This ZIP11,583
Housing units13,738This ZIP13,738
Median age36.6This ZIP36.6Mississippi38.6US 38.9
Median household income$62,946This ZIP$62,946Mississippi$56,447US $80,734
Median home value$197,100This ZIP$197,100Mississippi$169,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$996This ZIP$996Mississippi$954US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher28.4%This ZIP28.4%
Mean commute18.0 minThis ZIP18.0 min
Population density409.1 / sq miThis ZIP409.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,048This ZIP1,048
Employees22,361This ZIP22,361
Annual payroll$1,317,225,000This ZIP$1,317,225,000
Tax returns filed12,340This ZIP12,340
Total adjusted gross income$808,049,000This ZIP$808,049,000

Land area

Land area72.98 sq miThis ZIP72.98 sq mi
Water area0.32 sq miThis ZIP0.32 sq mi

Counties 38801 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Lee County 82.7%
Pontotoc County 17.3%

Other place names in 38801

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

ZIP codes near 38801

ZIPCityDistance
38802 Tupelo, MS 0.9 mi
38803 Tupelo, MS 2.4 mi
38879 Verona, MS 4.0 mi
38868 Shannon, MS 6.9 mi
38826 Belden, MS 7.0 mi
38804 Tupelo, MS 7.1 mi
38862 Plantersville, MS 9.4 mi
38869 Sherman, MS 9.9 mi
38866 Saltillo, MS 11.4 mi
38857 Mooreville, MS 12.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38801?

38801 is in Tupelo, Mississippi, in Lee County, part of the Tupelo, MS micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.2226, -88.7746.

What county is 38801 in?

38801 spans 2 counties: Lee County and Pontotoc County. Most of it falls in Lee 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 38801?

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

What time zone is 38801 in?

38801 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 38801?

About 29,858 people live in ZIP code 38801, in 11,583 households, at 409.1 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 38801?

$62,946 a year, against $56,447 across Mississippi.

What ZIP codes are near 38801?

The closest are 38802 (0.9 mi), 38803 (2.4 mi), 38879 (4 mi), 38868 (6.9 mi) and 38826 (7 mi).

Is 38801 a PO Box ZIP code?

38801 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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