ZIP code 38030

ZIP 38030 is a very small community in Dyer County, Tennessee, with 166 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #601 of 638 ranked by population — larger than 5% of them. The median age here is 38.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in ZIP 38030 earn a median of $57,393 a year, 26.9% below the national figure of $78,538. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 4.2% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 38030 is valued at $171,400, 43.5% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,261 a month, 10.3% below the national figure, or roughly $15,132 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 26.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 42.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

With 166 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare ZIP 38030 against its county rather than against national figures.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

ZIP 38030 is tabulated inside Dyer County, Tennessee, one of 6 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 638 across Tennessee. This is one of the smallest tabulated ZIP areas in the state, the kind of rural route where a single subdivision or farm cluster accounts for most addresses. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 38030 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 38030 reports a median household income of $57,393, close to the $57,393 county median, and 3% below the $59,143 typical TN ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $171,400, close to the county figure and 12% below the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,261 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

Tennessee charges 7% statewide, and local governments overlapping 38030 may add county, city or special-district levies on top. We publish the state floor for this ZIP rather than guessing a combined figure, because ZIP boundaries and taxing-district boundaries were drawn for different purposes and do not line up.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 38030 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.