97281

ZIP 97281 is in Portland, Oregon, in Washington County; area codes 503 and 971; Pacific time. Portland has 60 ZIP codes in all.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/Los_Angeles
County: Washington
Metro area: Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
Coordinates: 45.5235, -122.6762

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 97209, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 97281

🔢 Type 97281 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IBZLG — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 97,281 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 1201. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111110000000001
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 97280 (Portland, OR, 0 mi away) and 97282 (Portland, OR, 0 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 97281 becomes 18279, which is not a ZIP code at all.
👥 36 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12789, 12879, 12978, 12987, 17829, 17982, …). The farthest-flung twin is 27981 in Wanchese, NC, 2,515 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 97281 and you would come out at 45.52°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.

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Business and tax activity

Business establishments	15This ZIP15
Employees	245This ZIP245
Annual payroll	$16,723,000This ZIP$16,723,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 97281

ZIP	City	Distance
`97207`	Portland, OR	0.0 mi
`97228`	Portland, OR	0.0 mi
`97238`	Portland, OR	0.0 mi
`97240`	Portland, OR	0.0 mi
`97242`	Portland, OR	0.0 mi
`97250`	Portland, OR	0.0 mi
`97251`	Portland, OR	0.0 mi
`97252`	Portland, OR	0.0 mi
`97253`	Portland, OR	0.0 mi
`97256`	Portland, OR	0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 97281?

97281 is in Portland, Oregon, in Washington County, part of the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 45.5235, -122.6762.

What county is 97281 in?

97281 lies in Washington County.

What area code is 97281?

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

What time zone is 97281 in?

97281 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 97281?

The closest are 97207 (0 mi), 97228 (0 mi), 97238 (0 mi), 97240 (0 mi) and 97242 (0 mi).

Is 97281 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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