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97843

ZIP 97843 is Ione, Oregon, mostly in Morrow County; area codes 458 and 541; Pacific time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Morrow +1 more
Population
805
Coordinates
45.5046, -119.8806
☼ Live from 97843 — Ione, OR

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Where 97843 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 97843
  • 🔢 Type 97843 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhBLG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 97843 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111111000110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 97842 (Imnaha, OR, 149 mi away) and 97844 (Irrigon, OR, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 97843 becomes 34879, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34789, 34987, 37849, 38749, 38947, 39478, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34987 in Port Saint Lucie, FL, 2,491 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 93%.
  • 🎯1,147 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 97843 and you would come out at 45.50°S, 60.12°E — 541 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 372.3 square miles of land, 97843 is bigger than 96% of ZIP codes — room for about 283 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population805This ZIP805
Households360This ZIP360
Housing units391This ZIP391
Median age50.6This ZIP50.6Oregon40.4US 38.9
Median household income$104,435This ZIP$104,435Oregon$83,011US $80,734
Median home value$221,500This ZIP$221,500Oregon$477,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,056This ZIP$1,056Oregon$1,525US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.3%This ZIP17.3%
Mean commute26.8 minThis ZIP26.8 min
Population density2.2 / sq miThis ZIP2.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees40This ZIP40
Annual payroll$2,243,000This ZIP$2,243,000
Tax returns filed320This ZIP320
Total adjusted gross income$28,362,000This ZIP$28,362,000

Land area

Land area372.34 sq miThis ZIP372.34 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 97843 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Morrow County 94.7%
Gilliam County 5.3%

Other place names in 97843

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

ZIP codes near 97843

ZIPCityDistance
97839 Lexington, OR 14.1 mi
97861 Mikkalo, OR 16.4 mi
97812 Arlington, OR 18.5 mi
97818 Boardman, OR 18.6 mi
97823 Condon, OR 23.3 mi
97836 Heppner, OR 23.4 mi
97844 Irrigon, OR 30.7 mi
99345 Paterson, WA 31.6 mi
99356 Roosevelt, WA 32.2 mi
97826 Echo, OR 33.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 97843?

97843 is in Ione, Oregon, in Morrow County, part of the Hermiston-Pendleton, OR micropolitan area. Its published point location is 45.5046, -119.8806.

What county is 97843 in?

97843 spans 2 counties: Morrow County and Gilliam County. Most of it falls in Morrow County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 97843?

Ione uses area codes 458 and 541, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 97843 in?

97843 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 97843?

About 805 people live in ZIP code 97843, in 360 households, at 2.2 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 97843?

$104,435 a year, against $83,011 across Oregon.

What ZIP codes are near 97843?

The closest are 97839 (14.1 mi), 97861 (16.4 mi), 97812 (18.5 mi), 97818 (18.6 mi) and 97823 (23.3 mi).

Is 97843 a PO Box ZIP code?

97843 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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