Which ZIP code in Multnomah County has the highest median household income?

97229 (Portland), at $161,570 (±$6,308), among 34 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.

Why are some ZIP codes missing?

ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

Richest ZIP codes in Multnomah County, OR

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Multnomah County with the highest median household income, out of 34 with at least 1,000 residents. 97229 (Portland, $161,570), 97221 (Portland, $145,671) and 97231 (Portland, $137,527) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Multnomah County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Richest ZIP codes in Multnomah County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median household income	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	97229	Portland	$161,570 ±$6,308	76,106	28,430	—
2	97221	Portland	$145,671 ±$14,621	12,915	5,230	—
3	97231	Portland	$137,527 ±$21,392	4,308	1,829	—
4	97212	Portland	$131,932 ±$7,489	28,042	11,856	11,443
5	97035	Lake Oswego	$130,603 ±$5,022	25,911	11,106	—
6	97219	Portland	$121,306 ±$9,949	42,430	18,069	—
7	97215	Portland	$116,264 ±$10,859	17,296	7,516	—
8	97211	Portland	$112,586 ±$10,268	33,769	14,466	—
9	97239	Portland	$110,134 ±$7,036	17,804	9,190	—
10	97202	Portland	$104,971 ±$7,415	43,533	19,449	21,037
11	97019	Corbett	$104,022 ±$15,834	3,233	1,096	—
12	97217	Portland	$100,361 ±$8,090	35,169	16,788	—
13	97206	Portland	$98,548 ±$4,064	49,890	21,439	22,294
14	97213	Portland	$97,068 ±$5,194	31,408	14,549	—
15	97080	Gresham	$96,305 ±$5,570	48,411	16,860	17,088
16	97210	Portland	$93,621 ±$7,147	11,324	7,068	8,189
17	97227	Portland	$93,293 ±$34,585	5,665	3,288	—
18	97218	Portland	$88,924 ±$16,116	15,428	6,337	6,451
19	97060	Troutdale	$88,279 ±$5,788	21,649	7,908	8,164
20	97214	Portland	$87,131 ±$7,682	27,714	14,972	16,521
21	97209	Portland	$80,301 ±$11,725	22,296	14,765	—
22	97203	Portland	$78,660 ±$6,850	33,116	13,175	—
23	97230	Portland	$75,572 ±$5,783	43,553	16,344	16,065
24	97236	Portland	$75,090 ±$5,536	37,558	13,054	14,183
25	97014	Cascade Locks	$75,000 ±$23,063	1,459	634	217

How we ranked them

Ranked by median household income (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau caps published medians at $250,000; ZIP codes at the cap are shown as $250,000+ and ordered by population. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 34 of 37 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Higher-income ZIP codes suit offers with a bigger ticket: remodeling, pools, roofing, financial planning, private schools, premium dining. A median describes the middle household, not every door, so the routes inside each ZIP still vary.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 58,451 households. Open any of them on the route map to see each carrier route's own figures before you choose.

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Frequently asked questions

Which ZIP code in Multnomah County has the highest median household income?: 97229 (Portland), at $161,570 (±$6,308), among 34 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median household income (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau caps published medians at $250,000; ZIP codes at the cap are shown as $250,000+ and ordered by population.
Why are some ZIP codes missing?: ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

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