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97205

ZIP 97205 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
9,121
Coordinates
45.5201, -122.7022
☼ Live from 97205 — Portland, OR

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Where 97205 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 97205
  • 🔢 Type 97205 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOZLG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 97,205 = 5 × 19441. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111101110110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 97204 (Portland, OR, 1 mi away) and 97206 (Portland, OR, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 97205 becomes 50279, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09725, 20579, 20597, 20759, 25079, 25709, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09725 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,734 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 97%.
  • 🎯1,281 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 97205 and you would come out at 45.52°S, 57.30°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 0.942 square miles of land, 97205 is bigger than 8% of ZIP codes — about 456 football fields.
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People and housing

Population9,121This ZIP9,121
Households6,369This ZIP6,369
Housing units7,011This ZIP7,011
Median age40.5This ZIP40.5Oregon40.4US 38.9
Median household income$57,288This ZIP$57,288Oregon$83,011US $80,734
Median home value$637,100This ZIP$637,100Oregon$477,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,386This ZIP$1,386Oregon$1,525US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher57.5%This ZIP57.5%
Mean commute19.9 minThis ZIP19.9 min
Population density9,682.6 / sq miThis ZIP9,682.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments994This ZIP994
Employees18,676This ZIP18,676
Annual payroll$1,671,771,000This ZIP$1,671,771,000
Tax returns filed4,400This ZIP4,400
Total adjusted gross income$482,621,000This ZIP$482,621,000

Land area

Land area0.94 sq miThis ZIP0.94 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 97205

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

ZIP codes near 97205

ZIPCityDistance
97201 Portland, OR 1.0 mi
97209 Portland, OR 1.2 mi
97208 Portland, OR 1.3 mi
97207 Portland, OR 1.3 mi
97228 Portland, OR 1.3 mi
97238 Portland, OR 1.3 mi
97240 Portland, OR 1.3 mi
97242 Portland, OR 1.3 mi
97250 Portland, OR 1.3 mi
97251 Portland, OR 1.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 97205?

97205 is in Portland, Oregon, in Multnomah County, part of the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 45.5201, -122.7022.

What county is 97205 in?

97205 lies in Multnomah County.

What area code is 97205?

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

What time zone is 97205 in?

97205 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 97205?

About 9,121 people live in ZIP code 97205, in 6,369 households, at 9,682.6 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 97205?

$57,288 a year, against $83,011 across Oregon.

What ZIP codes are near 97205?

The closest are 97201 (1 mi), 97209 (1.2 mi), 97208 (1.3 mi), 97207 (1.3 mi) and 97228 (1.3 mi).

Is 97205 a PO Box ZIP code?

97205 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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