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38804

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

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lee +1 more
Metro area
Tupelo, MS
Population
16,693
Coordinates
34.2814, -88.6729
☼ Live from 38804 — Tupelo, MS

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Where 38804 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 38804
  • 🔢 Type 38804 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hOBBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,804 = 2 × 2 × 89 × 109. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001011110010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38803 (Tupelo, MS, 9 mi away) and 38820 (Algoma, MS, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38804 becomes 40883, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03848, 03884, 08348, 08834, 38048, 48038, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83804 in Blanchard, ID, 1,737 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 52%.
  • 🎯667 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38804 and you would come out at 34.28°S, 91.33°E — 1,425 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 27m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 52m.
  • 📏 At 78.5 square miles of land, 38804 is bigger than 72% of ZIP codes — room for about 60 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population16,693This ZIP16,693
Households6,978This ZIP6,978
Housing units7,853This ZIP7,853
Median age38.8This ZIP38.8Mississippi38.6US 38.9
Median household income$64,420This ZIP$64,420Mississippi$56,447US $80,734
Median home value$219,700This ZIP$219,700Mississippi$169,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$872This ZIP$872Mississippi$954US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher30.8%This ZIP30.8%
Mean commute20.6 minThis ZIP20.6 min
Population density212.7 / sq miThis ZIP212.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments816This ZIP816
Employees11,985This ZIP11,985
Annual payroll$481,362,000This ZIP$481,362,000
Tax returns filed7,370This ZIP7,370
Total adjusted gross income$602,351,000This ZIP$602,351,000

Land area

Land area78.49 sq miThis ZIP78.49 sq mi
Water area0.58 sq miThis ZIP0.58 sq mi

Counties 38804 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Lee County 97.7%
Itawamba County 2.3%

Other place names in 38804

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

ZIP codes near 38804

ZIPCityDistance
38857 Mooreville, MS 5.6 mi
38866 Saltillo, MS 6.0 mi
38802 Tupelo, MS 6.3 mi
38879 Verona, MS 6.4 mi
38801 Tupelo, MS 7.1 mi
38862 Plantersville, MS 8.3 mi
38803 Tupelo, MS 8.9 mi
38826 Belden, MS 10.1 mi
38869 Sherman, MS 10.7 mi
38855 Mantachie, MS 11.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38804?

38804 is in Tupelo, Mississippi, in Lee County, part of the Tupelo, MS micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.2814, -88.6729.

What county is 38804 in?

38804 spans 2 counties: Lee County and Itawamba 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 38804?

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

What time zone is 38804 in?

38804 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 38804?

About 16,693 people live in ZIP code 38804, in 6,978 households, at 212.7 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 38804?

$64,420 a year, against $56,447 across Mississippi.

What ZIP codes are near 38804?

The closest are 38857 (5.6 mi), 38866 (6 mi), 38802 (6.3 mi), 38879 (6.4 mi) and 38801 (7.1 mi).

Is 38804 a PO Box ZIP code?

38804 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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