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97209

ZIP 97209 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
22,296
Coordinates
45.5311, -122.6840
☼ Live from 97209 — Portland, OR

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Where 97209 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 97209
  • 🔢 Type 97209 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOZLG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 97,209 = 3 × 3 × 7 × 1543. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111101110111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 97208 (Portland, OR, 0 mi away) and 97210 (Portland, OR, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 97209 becomes 90279, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09279, 09729, 20799, 20997, 27099, 27909, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09279 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,298 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 93% 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 97209 and you would come out at 45.53°S, 57.32°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 1.0 square miles of land, 97209 is bigger than 8% of ZIP codes — about 499 football fields.
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People and housing

Population22,296This ZIP22,296
Households14,765This ZIP14,765
Housing units16,733This ZIP16,733
Median age36.7This ZIP36.7Oregon40.4US 38.9
Median household income$80,301This ZIP$80,301Oregon$83,011US $80,734
Median home value$587,300This ZIP$587,300Oregon$477,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,690This ZIP$1,690Oregon$1,525US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher64.7%This ZIP64.7%
Mean commute20.7 minThis ZIP20.7 min
Population density21,646.6 / sq miThis ZIP21,646.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,469This ZIP1,469
Employees27,725This ZIP27,725
Annual payroll$2,352,831,000This ZIP$2,352,831,000
Tax returns filed12,040This ZIP12,040
Total adjusted gross income$1,264,750,000This ZIP$1,264,750,000

Land area

Land area1.03 sq miThis ZIP1.03 sq mi
Water area0.19 sq miThis ZIP0.19 sq mi

Other place names in 97209

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ZIP codes near 97209

ZIPCityDistance
97208 Portland, OR 0.3 mi
97207 Portland, OR 0.6 mi
97228 Portland, OR 0.6 mi
97238 Portland, OR 0.6 mi
97240 Portland, OR 0.6 mi
97242 Portland, OR 0.6 mi
97250 Portland, OR 0.6 mi
97251 Portland, OR 0.6 mi
97252 Portland, OR 0.6 mi
97253 Portland, OR 0.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 97209?

97209 is in Portland, Oregon, in Multnomah County, part of the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 45.5311, -122.6840.

What county is 97209 in?

97209 lies in Multnomah County.

What area code is 97209?

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

What time zone is 97209 in?

97209 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 97209?

About 22,296 people live in ZIP code 97209, in 14,765 households, at 21,646.6 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 97209?

$80,301 a year, against $83,011 across Oregon.

What ZIP codes are near 97209?

The closest are 97208 (0.3 mi), 97207 (0.6 mi), 97228 (0.6 mi), 97238 (0.6 mi) and 97240 (0.6 mi).

Is 97209 a PO Box ZIP code?

97209 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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