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38947

ZIP 38947 is North Carrollton, Mississippi, in Carroll County; area code 662; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Carroll
Metro area
Greenwood, MS
Population
42
Coordinates
33.5172, -89.9212
☼ Live from 38947 — North Carrollton, MS

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Where 38947 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 38947
  • 🔢 Type 38947 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LhGBE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 38,947 = 17 × 29 × 79. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001100000100011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 38946 (Morgan City, MS, 27 mi away) and 38948 (Oakland, MS, 39 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 38947 becomes 74983, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34789, 34987, 37849, 38749, 39478, 47983, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98374 in Puyallup, WA, 1,926 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 56%.
  • 🎯648 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 38947 and you would come out at 33.52°S, 90.08°E — 1,493 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 56m.
  • 📏 At 0.092 square miles of land, 38947 is bigger than 1% of ZIP codes — about 45 football fields.
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People and housing

Population42This ZIP42
Households22This ZIP22
Housing units34This ZIP34
Median age75.0This ZIP75.0Mississippi38.6US 38.9
Median home value$137,500This ZIP$137,500Mississippi$169,800US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher16.7%This ZIP16.7%
Mean commute3.3 minThis ZIP3.3 min
Population density456.5 / sq miThis ZIP456.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees34This ZIP34
Annual payroll$1,350,000This ZIP$1,350,000

Land area

Land area0.09 sq miThis ZIP0.09 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 38947

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

ZIP codes near 38947

ZIPCityDistance
38917 Carrollton, MS 3.8 mi
38943 Mc Carley, MS 4.8 mi
38923 Coila, MS 10.5 mi
38967 Winona, MS 12.4 mi
38930 Greenwood, MS 12.5 mi
38935 Greenwood, MS 14.9 mi
38926 Elliott, MS 15.2 mi
38940 Holcomb, MS 17.0 mi
39176 Vaiden, MS 17.9 mi
38901 Grenada, MS 18.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 38947?

38947 is in North Carrollton, Mississippi, in Carroll County, part of the Greenwood, MS micropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.5172, -89.9212.

What county is 38947 in?

38947 lies in Carroll County.

What area code is 38947?

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

What time zone is 38947 in?

38947 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 38947?

About 42 people live in ZIP code 38947, in 22 households, at 456.5 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 38947?

The closest are 38917 (3.8 mi), 38943 (4.8 mi), 38923 (10.5 mi), 38967 (12.4 mi) and 38930 (12.5 mi).

Is 38947 a PO Box ZIP code?

38947 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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