PlainZIP

Piney Flats, TN

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Piney Flats, TN: 1 USPS ZIP, population 7,072. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet PINEY-FLATS-TN · Piney Flats, TN 1 ZIPs · 7,072 pop · #7932/25278 · Sullivan County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $84,264
  • RANK-UPPER #7932/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Watauga
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 77% owners
  • POP-TOWN 7,072
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $352,200

Nearest income peer: Watauga, TN ( $3,014 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Piney Flats

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Piney Flats on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Piney Flats, TN sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 31%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
7,072
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$84,264
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 37686 (7,072 residents). Household income $84,264 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (76.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Piney Flats as a pure owner town.

Within Tennessee, Lenoir City is the closest lower-income city and Powell the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 2 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Piney Flats.

Population concentration

Piney Flats reads through its lone ZIP, 37686

7,072 ACS residents, one ZIP: 37686 is not the leading code inside Piney Flats, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Piney Flats's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 162 establishments, 3,302 employees , annual payroll $173,983k (~23 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 37686 (162 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (23) · also Manufacturing · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Piney Flats, TN

These ZIP codes sit in Sullivan County, which covers 10 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Piney Flats. See the Sullivan County roll-up →

No other city sharing Sullivan County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Piney Flats. Kingsport, Bristol and Blountville sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Bristol marks the far end of that range at $56,128, 33% below Piney Flats.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
37686 7,072 $84,264 162 93
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Piney Flats roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Piney Flats, .