| City: | Portland, Oregon |
| County: | Multnomah County |
| Timezone: | Pacific (GMT -08:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:08:58 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 503 / 971 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 45.5239, -122.6751 |
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Residents here aren't limited to PO Boxes. The surrounding area receives standard street delivery through neighboring ZIP codes, particularly 97282, which encloses this location. The single street address in the postal database, SE Powell Blvd, contains 30 delivery records with multiple units, suggesting the facility serves an apartment complex or mixed-use building. With 132 business delivery points, this location functions as a convenient mail pickup option rather than the sole postal service for the area.
SE Powell Blvd is a major east-west arterial through southeast Portland. The single street listing indicates this ZIP serves a specific facility location rather than a broad geographic area.
ZIP Code 97242 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 3 business establishments, employing about 16 people with an annual payroll of $1,431,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 248Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 3Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $313,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $1,431,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 16Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 97242 is located in Multnomah County, Oregon, within the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 38900) and Oregon's 1st Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 2,226,009 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 97242. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 38900Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 2,226,009Source: Census |
| MSA: | Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 01Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 3007 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 4159000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Portland city; OregonSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 97242 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.