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38857

ZIP 38857 is Mooreville, Mississippi, in Lee County; area code 662; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lee
Metro area
Tupelo, MS
Population
4,132
Coordinates
34.2815, -88.5750
☼ Live from 38857 — Mooreville, MS

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Where 38857 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 38857
  • 🔢 Type 38857 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LSBBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,857 = 7 × 7 × 13 × 61. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001011111001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38856 (Marietta, MS, 15 mi away) and 38858 (Nettleton, MS, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38857 becomes 75883, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (37885, 38578, 38587, 38875, 53788, 58783, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83857 in Princeton, ID, 1,705 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 52%.
  • 🎯671 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38857 and you would come out at 34.28°S, 91.43°E — 1,420 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 27m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 52m.
  • 📏 At 19.0 square miles of land, 38857 is bigger than 37% of ZIP codes — room for about 14 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,132This ZIP4,132
Households1,341This ZIP1,341
Housing units1,504This ZIP1,504
Median age30.5This ZIP30.5Mississippi38.6US 38.9
Median household income$93,021This ZIP$93,021Mississippi$56,447US $80,734
Median home value$190,000This ZIP$190,000Mississippi$169,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,002This ZIP$1,002Mississippi$954US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher31.3%This ZIP31.3%
Mean commute19.4 minThis ZIP19.4 min
Population density217.6 / sq miThis ZIP217.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments36This ZIP36
Employees165This ZIP165
Annual payroll$6,260,000This ZIP$6,260,000
Tax returns filed1,700This ZIP1,700
Total adjusted gross income$108,827,000This ZIP$108,827,000

Land area

Land area18.99 sq miThis ZIP18.99 sq mi
Water area0.06 sq miThis ZIP0.06 sq mi

Other place names in 38857

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

ZIP codes near 38857

ZIPCityDistance
38804 Tupelo, MS 5.6 mi
38855 Mantachie, MS 5.9 mi
38862 Plantersville, MS 8.3 mi
38866 Saltillo, MS 8.4 mi
38879 Verona, MS 9.8 mi
38843 Fulton, MS 11.4 mi
38802 Tupelo, MS 11.4 mi
38801 Tupelo, MS 12.1 mi
38858 Nettleton, MS 13.1 mi
38803 Tupelo, MS 13.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38857?

38857 is in Mooreville, Mississippi, in Lee County, part of the Tupelo, MS micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.2815, -88.5750.

What county is 38857 in?

38857 lies in Lee County.

What area code is 38857?

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

What time zone is 38857 in?

38857 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 38857?

About 4,132 people live in ZIP code 38857, in 1,341 households, at 217.6 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 38857?

$93,021 a year, against $56,447 across Mississippi.

What ZIP codes are near 38857?

The closest are 38804 (5.6 mi), 38855 (5.9 mi), 38862 (8.3 mi), 38866 (8.4 mi) and 38879 (9.8 mi).

Is 38857 a PO Box ZIP code?

38857 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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