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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/97106

97106

ZIP 97106 is Banks, Oregon, in Washington County; area codes 503 and 971; Pacific time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Washington
Population
4,855
Coordinates
45.6544, -123.1364
☼ Live from 97106 — Banks, OR

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Where 97106 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 97106
  • 🔢 Type 97106 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOILG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 97,106 = 2 × 23 × 2111. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111101101010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 97103 (Astoria, OR, 43 mi away) and 97107 (Bay City, OR, 37 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 97106 becomes 60179 — and that is a real ZIP code: Hoffman Estates, IL, 1,742 miles away.
  • 👥 42 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (06791, 07961, 09176, 09716, 10976, 17069, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09176 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,288 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 98%.
  • 🎯1,303 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 97106 and you would come out at 45.65°S, 56.86°E — 672 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 42m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 41m.
  • 📏 At 44.0 square miles of land, 97106 is bigger than 56% of ZIP codes — room for about 33 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,855This ZIP4,855
Households1,907This ZIP1,907
Housing units1,962This ZIP1,962
Median age41.5This ZIP41.5Oregon40.4US 38.9
Median household income$104,250This ZIP$104,250Oregon$83,011US $80,734
Median home value$546,400This ZIP$546,400Oregon$477,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,719This ZIP$1,719Oregon$1,525US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher42.6%This ZIP42.6%
Mean commute25.8 minThis ZIP25.8 min
Population density110.3 / sq miThis ZIP110.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments109This ZIP109
Employees818This ZIP818
Annual payroll$43,876,000This ZIP$43,876,000
Tax returns filed2,370This ZIP2,370
Total adjusted gross income$252,062,000This ZIP$252,062,000

Land area

Land area44.03 sq miThis ZIP44.03 sq mi
Water area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi

Other place names in 97106

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

ZIP codes near 97106

ZIPCityDistance
97125 Manning, OR 3.9 mi
97116 Forest Grove, OR 5.3 mi
97109 Buxton, OR 6.4 mi
97133 North Plains, OR 6.4 mi
97117 Gales Creek, OR 9.8 mi
97144 Timber, OR 10.1 mi
97124 Hillsboro, OR 10.9 mi
97113 Cornelius, OR 11.1 mi
97129 Hillsboro, OR 11.6 mi
97056 Scappoose, OR 12.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 97106?

97106 is in Banks, Oregon, in Washington County, part of the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 45.6544, -123.1364.

What county is 97106 in?

97106 lies in Washington County.

What area code is 97106?

Banks uses area codes 503 and 971, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 97106 in?

97106 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 97106?

About 4,855 people live in ZIP code 97106, in 1,907 households, at 110.3 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 97106?

$104,250 a year, against $83,011 across Oregon.

What ZIP codes are near 97106?

The closest are 97125 (3.9 mi), 97116 (5.3 mi), 97109 (6.4 mi), 97133 (6.4 mi) and 97117 (9.8 mi).

Is 97106 a PO Box ZIP code?

97106 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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