| City: | Portland, Oregon |
| County: | Multnomah County |
| Timezone: | Pacific (GMT -08:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:46:37 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 503 / 971 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 45.5239, -122.6751 |
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ZIP code 97286 is a PO Box facility in Portland, Oregon, serving the Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood in southeast Portland. The post office operates at Creston Station on SE Foster Road, where it maintains 349 PO Boxes for local residents and 232 businesses. This isn't a traditional small town ZIP code despite the classification. It's an urban PO Box service that complements street delivery already provided through neighboring residential ZIPs.
The facility serves one primary street location along SE Foster Road, where 43 ZIP+4 records indicate delivery points with unit numbers at Creston Station. Street delivery for the surrounding residential area comes through ZIP code 97206, which encloses this PO Box ZIP. The arrangement is common in urban areas where dedicated PO Box facilities operate alongside regular carrier routes. Residents choose PO Boxes for mail security or business needs, not because street delivery isn't available.
The single street served is SE Foster Road, a major east-west arterial in southeast Portland. The directional prefix (SE) follows Portland's quadrant system, where Burnside Street and the Willamette River divide the city. Foster Road historically connected Portland to farms and communities in outer southeast areas.
ZIP Code 97286 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 4 business establishments, employing about 32 people with an annual payroll of $2,307,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 565Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 4Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $518,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $2,307,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 32Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 97286 is located in Multnomah County, Oregon, within the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 38900) and Oregon's 3rd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 2,510,529 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 97286. 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: | 2,510,529Source: Census |
| MSA: | Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 03Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 1074.46 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 97286 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 January 1, 2026.