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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/97296

97296

ZIP 97296 is in Portland, Oregon, in Multnomah 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
Multnomah
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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Where 97296 is

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 97296
  • 🔢 Type 97296 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gGZLG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 97,296 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 2027. Its digits add up to 33, a total 456 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111110000010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 97294 (Portland, OR, 0 mi away) and 97298 (Portland, OR, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 97296 becomes 69279, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27699, 27969, 29679, 29697, 62979, 62997, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96927 in Mongmong, GU, 5,679 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 97296 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 establishments8This ZIP8
Employees1,242This ZIP1,242
Annual payroll$120,484,000This ZIP$120,484,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 97296

ZIPCityDistance
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 97296?

97296 is in Portland, Oregon, in Multnomah County, part of the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 45.5235, -122.6762.

What county is 97296 in?

97296 lies in Multnomah County.

What area code is 97296?

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

What time zone is 97296 in?

97296 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 97296?

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

Is 97296 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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