ZIP codes with the most new movers in Portland, OR

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Portland, OR with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 32 with at least 1,000 residents. 97201 (Portland, 34.0%), 97205 (Portland, 34.0%) and 97209 (Portland, 32.7%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Portland; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Portland

RankZIPMailing cityMoved in the past yearResidentsHouseholdsResidential mailboxes
197201Portland34.0%16,8879,758—
297205Portland34.0%9,1216,369—
397209Portland32.7%22,29614,765—
497227Portland32.6%5,6653,288—
597232Portland27.6%15,6159,17110,931
697210Portland25.4%11,3247,0688,189
797214Portland22.9%27,71414,97216,521
897239Portland21.3%17,8049,190—
997202Portland19.7%43,53319,44921,037
1097217Portland17.9%35,16916,788—
1197211Portland16.5%33,76914,466—
1297216Portland16.2%16,6386,8617,206
1397266Portland15.8%35,42313,11413,553
1497203Portland15.7%33,11613,175—
1597215Portland15.2%17,2967,516—
1697212Portland14.9%28,04211,85611,443
1797229Portland14.8%76,10628,430—
1897225Portland14.8%25,86911,744—
1997220Portland14.2%27,20211,79612,107
2097213Portland13.7%31,40814,549—
2197206Portland13.5%49,89021,43922,294
2297236Portland13.1%37,55813,05414,183
2397218Portland12.7%15,4286,3376,451
2497230Portland11.4%43,55316,34416,065
2597224Portland11.4%36,56915,85816,899

How we ranked them

Ranked by the share of residents (age 1 and over) who lived in a different home a year earlier (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). No margin of error is published for this share in our files. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 32 of 35 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

New residents are still choosing a dentist, a gym, a pizza place and a lawn service. ZIP codes with high turnover give a welcome offer more people to work on each year.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 43,351 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 Portland has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?
97201 (Portland), at 34.0%, among 32 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?
Ranked by the share of residents (age 1 and over) who lived in a different home a year earlier (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). No margin of error is published for this share in our files.
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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