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97201

ZIP 97201 is in Portland, Oregon, in Multnomah County; area codes 503 and 971; Pacific time. Portland has 60 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Multnomah
Population
16,887
Coordinates
45.5086, -122.6883
☼ Live from 97201 — Portland, OR

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Where 97201 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 97201
  • 🔢 Type 97201 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOZLG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 97,201 = 13 × 7477. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111101110110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 97149 (Neskowin, OR, 67 mi away) and 97202 (Portland, OR, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 97201 becomes 10279 — and that is a real ZIP code: New York, NY, 2,440 miles away.
  • 👥 53 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02719, 02791, 02917, 07192, 07921, 09172, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09172 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,421 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 97%.
  • 🎯1,280 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 97201 and you would come out at 45.51°S, 57.31°E — 658 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 42m.
  • 📏 At 1.9 square miles of land, 97201 is bigger than 11% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population16,887This ZIP16,887
Households9,758This ZIP9,758
Housing units11,069This ZIP11,069
Median age33.6This ZIP33.6Oregon40.4US 38.9
Median household income$63,250This ZIP$63,250Oregon$83,011US $80,734
Median home value$673,600This ZIP$673,600Oregon$477,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,516This ZIP$1,516Oregon$1,525US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher68.7%This ZIP68.7%
Mean commute21.2 minThis ZIP21.2 min
Population density8,827.5 / sq miThis ZIP8,827.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments796This ZIP796
Employees18,928This ZIP18,928
Annual payroll$1,827,308,000This ZIP$1,827,308,000
Tax returns filed8,940This ZIP8,940
Total adjusted gross income$1,251,642,000This ZIP$1,251,642,000

Land area

Land area1.91 sq miThis ZIP1.91 sq mi
Water area0.14 sq miThis ZIP0.14 sq mi

Other place names in 97201

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ZIP codes near 97201

ZIPCityDistance
97258 Portland, OR 0.7 mi
97204 Portland, OR 1.0 mi
97205 Portland, OR 1.0 mi
97207 Portland, OR 1.2 mi
97228 Portland, OR 1.2 mi
97238 Portland, OR 1.2 mi
97240 Portland, OR 1.2 mi
97242 Portland, OR 1.2 mi
97250 Portland, OR 1.2 mi
97251 Portland, OR 1.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 97201?

97201 is in Portland, Oregon, in Multnomah County, part of the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 45.5086, -122.6883.

What county is 97201 in?

97201 lies in Multnomah County.

What area code is 97201?

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

What time zone is 97201 in?

97201 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 97201?

About 16,887 people live in ZIP code 97201, in 9,758 households, at 8,827.5 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 97201?

$63,250 a year, against $83,011 across Oregon.

What ZIP codes are near 97201?

The closest are 97258 (0.7 mi), 97204 (1 mi), 97205 (1 mi), 97207 (1.2 mi) and 97228 (1.2 mi).

Is 97201 a PO Box ZIP code?

97201 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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