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97856

ZIP 97856 is Long Creek, Oregon, in Grant County; area code 541; Pacific time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Grant
Metro area
none
Population
485
Coordinates
44.7769, -119.1180
☼ Live from 97856 — Long Creek, OR

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Where 97856 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 97856
  • 🔢 Type 97856 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSBLG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 97,856 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 11 × 139. Its digits add up to 35, a total 212 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111111001000000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 97850 (La Grande, OR, 60 mi away) and 97857 (Lostine, OR, 88 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 97856 becomes 65879, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (58769, 59867, 65789, 65897, 67859, 68759, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96857 in Schofield Barracks, HI, 2,728 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 93%.
  • 🎯1,100 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 97856 and you would come out at 44.78°S, 60.88°E — 541 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 47m.
  • 📏 At 540.8 square miles of land, 97856 is bigger than 98% of ZIP codes — room for about 411 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population485This ZIP485
Households206This ZIP206
Housing units290This ZIP290
Median age45.8This ZIP45.8Oregon40.4US 38.9
Median household income$44,318This ZIP$44,318Oregon$83,011US $80,734
Median home value$225,000This ZIP$225,000Oregon$477,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$701This ZIP$701Oregon$1,525US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.7%This ZIP18.7%
Mean commute16.4 minThis ZIP16.4 min
Population density0.9 / sq miThis ZIP0.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees29This ZIP29
Annual payroll$896,000This ZIP$896,000
Tax returns filed140This ZIP140
Total adjusted gross income$9,047,000This ZIP$9,047,000

Land area

Land area540.83 sq miThis ZIP540.83 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 97856

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ZIP codes near 97856

ZIPCityDistance
97864 Monument, OR 17.4 mi
97865 Mount Vernon, OR 22.0 mi
97848 Kimberly, OR 23.0 mi
97880 Ukiah, OR 24.4 mi
97817 Bates, OR 25.3 mi
97845 John Day, OR 27.2 mi
97825 Dayville, OR 32.9 mi
97869 Prairie City, OR 35.4 mi
97877 Sumpter, OR 35.5 mi
97874 Spray, OR 35.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 97856?

97856 is in Long Creek, Oregon, in Grant County. Its published point location is 44.7769, -119.1180.

What county is 97856 in?

97856 lies in Grant County.

What area code is 97856?

Long Creek uses area code 541, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 97856 in?

97856 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 97856?

About 485 people live in ZIP code 97856, in 206 households, at 0.9 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 97856?

$44,318 a year, against $83,011 across Oregon.

What ZIP codes are near 97856?

The closest are 97864 (17.4 mi), 97865 (22 mi), 97848 (23 mi), 97880 (24.4 mi) and 97817 (25.3 mi).

Is 97856 a PO Box ZIP code?

97856 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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