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97203

ZIP 97203 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
33,116
Coordinates
45.6036, -122.7379
☼ Live from 97203 — Portland, OR

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Where 97203 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 97203
  • 🔢 Type 97203 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOZLG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 97,203 = 3 × 32401. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111101110110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 97202 (Portland, OR, 10 mi away) and 97204 (Portland, OR, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 97203 becomes 30279, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02379, 02739, 03279, 07932, 09237, 09723, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09237 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,212 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 97%.
  • 🎯1,284 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 97203 and you would come out at 45.60°S, 57.26°E — 657 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 10.8 square miles of land, 97203 is bigger than 28% of ZIP codes — room for about 8.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population33,116This ZIP33,116
Households13,175This ZIP13,175
Housing units13,677This ZIP13,677
Median age34.3This ZIP34.3Oregon40.4US 38.9
Median household income$78,660This ZIP$78,660Oregon$83,011US $80,734
Median home value$484,400This ZIP$484,400Oregon$477,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,571This ZIP$1,571Oregon$1,525US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher45.2%This ZIP45.2%
Mean commute26.2 minThis ZIP26.2 min
Population density3,073.1 / sq miThis ZIP3,073.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments677This ZIP677
Employees14,138This ZIP14,138
Annual payroll$778,264,000This ZIP$778,264,000
Tax returns filed14,860This ZIP14,860
Total adjusted gross income$1,090,713,000This ZIP$1,090,713,000

Land area

Land area10.78 sq miThis ZIP10.78 sq mi
Water area2.76 sq miThis ZIP2.76 sq mi

Other place names in 97203

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ZIP codes near 97203

ZIPCityDistance
97217 Portland, OR 2.1 mi
97210 Portland, OR 4.0 mi
98660 Vancouver, WA 4.1 mi
98666 Vancouver, WA 4.4 mi
98668 Vancouver, WA 4.4 mi
98687 Vancouver, WA 4.4 mi
97211 Portland, OR 5.0 mi
97227 Portland, OR 5.0 mi
98663 Vancouver, WA 5.1 mi
97229 Portland, OR 5.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 97203?

97203 is in Portland, Oregon, in Multnomah County, part of the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 45.6036, -122.7379.

What county is 97203 in?

97203 lies in Multnomah County.

What area code is 97203?

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

What time zone is 97203 in?

97203 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 97203?

About 33,116 people live in ZIP code 97203, in 13,175 households, at 3,073.1 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 97203?

$78,660 a year, against $83,011 across Oregon.

What ZIP codes are near 97203?

The closest are 97217 (2.1 mi), 97210 (4 mi), 98660 (4.1 mi), 98666 (4.4 mi) and 98668 (4.4 mi).

Is 97203 a PO Box ZIP code?

97203 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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