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97204

ZIP 97204 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
885
Coordinates
45.5184, -122.6739
☼ Live from 97204 — Portland, OR

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Where 97204 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 97204
  • 🔢 Type 97204 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hOZLG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 97,204 = 2 × 2 × 19 × 1279. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111101110110100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 97203 (Portland, OR, 7 mi away) and 97205 (Portland, OR, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 97204 becomes 40279, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 53 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02479, 04927, 04972, 07924, 09472, 09724, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09724 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,066 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 97204 and you would come out at 45.52°S, 57.33°E — 657 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 0.247 square miles of land, 97204 is bigger than 3% of ZIP codes — about 120 football fields.
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People and housing

Population885This ZIP885
Households392This ZIP392
Housing units402This ZIP402
Median age42.2This ZIP42.2Oregon40.4US 38.9
Median gross rent$807This ZIP$807Oregon$1,525US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.2%This ZIP15.2%
Mean commute26.1 minThis ZIP26.1 min
Population density3,583.0 / sq miThis ZIP3,583.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,075This ZIP1,075
Employees29,411This ZIP29,411
Annual payroll$3,236,331,000This ZIP$3,236,331,000
Tax returns filed550This ZIP550
Total adjusted gross income$207,140,000This ZIP$207,140,000

Land area

Land area0.25 sq miThis ZIP0.25 sq mi
Water area0.08 sq miThis ZIP0.08 sq mi

Other place names in 97204

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ZIP codes near 97204

ZIPCityDistance
97258 Portland, OR 0.4 mi
97207 Portland, OR 0.4 mi
97228 Portland, OR 0.4 mi
97238 Portland, OR 0.4 mi
97240 Portland, OR 0.4 mi
97242 Portland, OR 0.4 mi
97250 Portland, OR 0.4 mi
97251 Portland, OR 0.4 mi
97252 Portland, OR 0.4 mi
97253 Portland, OR 0.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 97204?

97204 is in Portland, Oregon, in Multnomah County, part of the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 45.5184, -122.6739.

What county is 97204 in?

97204 lies in Multnomah County.

What area code is 97204?

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

What time zone is 97204 in?

97204 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 97204?

About 885 people live in ZIP code 97204, in 392 households, at 3,583.0 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 97204?

The closest are 97258 (0.4 mi), 97207 (0.4 mi), 97228 (0.4 mi), 97238 (0.4 mi) and 97240 (0.4 mi).

Is 97204 a PO Box ZIP code?

97204 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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