ZIP code profile · 2024 county data
ZIP Code 38372
Hardin County, Tennessee: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.
Data updated 2026-08-24
- 693
- Property rate /100K (county)
- 17,468
- Population (ZIP)
- 224
- Violent rate /100K (county)
Is ZIP code 38372 safe? Honest data snapshot
ZIP code 38372 sits within Hardin County, TN, a county whose reported crime runs below the national average (see the county-level FBI figures below, not a ZIP-specific calculation).
Hardin County's reported crime sits somewhat below the national average: 224 violent and 693 property incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024.
ZIP 38372 is the largest ZIP in Hardin County by population, 17,468 residents (#1 of 9 county ZIPs), across 308.19 square miles (57/sq mi). For a full breakdown of Hardin County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Hardin County crime page linked below.
ZIP 38372 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Hardin County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.
ZIP 38372 Census context
These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.
- Median household income
- $48,537
- Median age
- 41.0 years
- Owner-occupied homes
- 70%
- Occupied homes
- 6,866
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).
How useful is the county proxy for ZIP 38372?
Within the participating-agency records for Hardin County, reported violent and property crime rates both sit below their U.S. benchmarks: violent crime is 36% below and property crime is 59% below. The two submitted measures point in the same direction, but they do not establish complete county coverage or turn the result into a ZIP-level rating for 38372. Both comparisons use the same 2024 county reporting population and FBI-submitted counts, so the two directions are internally comparable for this release, not evidence about a different year.
Within the county, 38372 is one of the most populous ZIPs (#1 of 9). Its 17,468 residents therefore represent a comparatively large share of the local population, but the county total still combines reports from places outside this ZIP.
Hardin County UCR book ZIP 38372 inherits
ZIP 38372 itself is about 57 people per Census sq mi across 308.2 sq mi (17,468 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.
ZIP 38372's 17,468 residents are about 65.1% of the 2024 county reporting population (26,831), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.
Hardin County leans on larceny-theft at 47% of reported offenses (mix index 3,004). ZIP 38372 has no separate FBI offense book.
Hardin County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts -12% vs 2023; property counts -21% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.
Hardin County offense mix (2024)
Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on county offense-type shares. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero; still county-agency data, not a ZIP-native FBI table.
Nationwide peers for ZIP 38372
Similar county violent rate (~224/100K)
- ZIP 73460, OK · 223.9/100K · Johnston County
- ZIP 77523, TX · 223.3/100K · Chambers County
- ZIP 63362, MO · 223.3/100K · Lincoln County
- ZIP 63961, MO · 223.1/100K · Butler County
Similar Census population (~17,468)
- ZIP 85749, AZ · 17,467 pop · Δ1
- ZIP 30153, GA · 17,470 pop · Δ2
- ZIP 33701, FL · 17,464 pop · Δ4
- ZIP 94702, CA · 17,473 pop · Δ5
County detail: Hardin County · State atlas: Tennessee
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).
Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.
Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.