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97309

ZIP 97309 is in Salem, Oregon, in Marion County; area codes 503 and 971; Pacific time. Salem has 14 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Marion
Metro area
Salem, OR
Coordinates
44.9429, -123.0351

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 97301, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 97309 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 97309
  • 🔢 Type 97309 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOELG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 97,309 = 31 × 43 × 73. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111110000011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 97308 (Salem, OR, 0 mi away) and 97310 (Salem, OR, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 97309 becomes 90379, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07399, 07939, 37909, 39079, 39097, 73099, …). The farthest-flung twin is 07399 in Jersey City, NJ, 2,460 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 91% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 98%.
  • 🎯1,292 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 97309 and you would come out at 44.94°S, 56.96°E — 692 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 46m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments16This ZIP16
Employees287This ZIP287
Annual payroll$24,161,000This ZIP$24,161,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 97309

ZIPCityDistance
97308 Salem, OR 0.0 mi
97311 Salem, OR 0.3 mi
97312 Salem, OR 0.5 mi
97301 Salem, OR 1.5 mi
97314 Salem, OR 2.1 mi
97302 Salem, OR 3.1 mi
97307 Keizer, OR 3.3 mi
97313 Salem, OR 3.4 mi
97310 Salem, OR 5.5 mi
97304 Salem, OR 5.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 97309?

97309 is in Salem, Oregon, in Marion County, part of the Salem, OR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.9429, -123.0351.

What county is 97309 in?

97309 lies in Marion County.

What area code is 97309?

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

What time zone is 97309 in?

97309 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 97309?

The closest are 97308 (0 mi), 97311 (0.3 mi), 97312 (0.5 mi), 97301 (1.5 mi) and 97314 (2.1 mi).

Is 97309 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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