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97820

ZIP 97820 is Canyon City, Oregon, in Grant County; area code 541; Pacific time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Grant
Metro area
none
Population
1,568
Coordinates
44.1438, -119.1948
☼ Live from 97820 — Canyon City, OR

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Where 97820 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 97820
  • 🔢 Type 97820 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZBLG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 97,820 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 67 × 73. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111111000011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 97819 (Bridgeport, OR, 75 mi away) and 97823 (Condon, OR, 91 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 97820 becomes 02879 — and that is a real ZIP code: Wakefield, RI, 2,390 miles away.
  • 👥 41 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02879, 07829, 07928, 09728, 09827, 20879, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09827 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,230 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 93%.
  • 🎯1,097 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 97820 and you would come out at 44.14°S, 60.81°E — 572 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 52m.
  • 📏 At 362.7 square miles of land, 97820 is bigger than 96% of ZIP codes — room for about 275 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,568This ZIP1,568
Households636This ZIP636
Housing units715This ZIP715
Median age43.5This ZIP43.5Oregon40.4US 38.9
Median household income$67,115This ZIP$67,115Oregon$83,011US $80,734
Median home value$206,600This ZIP$206,600Oregon$477,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$804This ZIP$804Oregon$1,525US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.6%This ZIP15.6%
Mean commute13.1 minThis ZIP13.1 min
Population density4.3 / sq miThis ZIP4.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments23This ZIP23
Employees83This ZIP83
Annual payroll$3,682,000This ZIP$3,682,000
Tax returns filed490This ZIP490
Total adjusted gross income$30,844,000This ZIP$30,844,000

Land area

Land area362.75 sq miThis ZIP362.75 sq mi
Water area0.11 sq miThis ZIP0.11 sq mi

Other place names in 97820

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

ZIP codes near 97820

ZIPCityDistance
97873 Seneca, OR 10.0 mi
97865 Mount Vernon, OR 22.0 mi
97825 Dayville, OR 22.4 mi
97845 John Day, OR 23.6 mi
97751 Paulina, OR 29.0 mi
97869 Prairie City, OR 32.8 mi
97904 Drewsey, OR 39.0 mi
97720 Burns, OR 41.3 mi
97856 Long Creek, OR 43.9 mi
97848 Kimberly, OR 44.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 97820?

97820 is in Canyon City, Oregon, in Grant County. Its published point location is 44.1438, -119.1948.

What county is 97820 in?

97820 lies in Grant County.

What area code is 97820?

Canyon City uses area code 541, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 97820 in?

97820 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 97820?

About 1,568 people live in ZIP code 97820, in 636 households, at 4.3 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 97820?

$67,115 a year, against $83,011 across Oregon.

What ZIP codes are near 97820?

The closest are 97873 (10 mi), 97865 (22 mi), 97825 (22.4 mi), 97845 (23.6 mi) and 97751 (29 mi).

Is 97820 a PO Box ZIP code?

97820 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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