| City: | Memphis, Tennessee |
| Names to Avoid: | Mem |
| County: | Shelby County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:05:14 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 901 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 35.1497, -90.0487 |
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The post office handles 68 delivery records for Peabody Place units and 37 PO Box records. With 103 business addresses but zero residential population, this looks like a commercial or institutional address point. The ZIP sits within the Downtown Medical Center neighborhood, likely serving medical facilities, offices, or institutions that need a distinct mailing address. Standard street delivery for this area typically comes through the neighboring 38103 ZIP code.
This ZIP serves exclusively Peabody Place, a single downtown Memphis location with 68 unit addresses. The concentration at one address suggests a large commercial building, office complex, or institutional facility that received its own postal designation.
ZIP Code 38173 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 3 business establishments, employing about 49 people with an annual payroll of $1,505,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 292Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 3Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $379,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $1,505,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 49Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 38173 is located in Shelby County, Tennessee, within the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 32820) and Tennessee's 9th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 1,316,100 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 38173. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Memphis, TN-MS-ARSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 32820Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 1,316,100Source: Census |
| MSA: | Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 09Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 483.39 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 4748000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Memphis city; TennesseeSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 38173 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on March 1, 2026.