Which ZIP code in Portland has the lowest median age?

97201 (Portland), at 33.6 (±1.7), among 32 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.

Youngest ZIP codes in Portland, OR

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Portland, OR with the lowest median age, out of 32 with at least 1,000 residents. 97201 (Portland, 33.6), 97203 (Portland, 34.3) and 97232 (Portland, 35.6) 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.

Youngest ZIP codes in Portland

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	97201	Portland	33.6 ±1.7	16,887	9,758	—
2	97203	Portland	34.3 ±1.2	33,116	13,175	—
3	97232	Portland	35.6 ±1.5	15,615	9,171	10,931
4	97227	Portland	36.3 ±2.0	5,665	3,288	—
5	97209	Portland	36.7 ±1.3	22,296	14,765	—
6	97214	Portland	36.8 ±0.8	27,714	14,972	16,521
7	97218	Portland	37.0 ±3.0	15,428	6,337	6,451
8	97217	Portland	37.5 ±1.1	35,169	16,788	—
9	97236	Portland	37.7 ±1.6	37,558	13,054	14,183
10	97202	Portland	37.8 ±1.1	43,533	19,449	21,037
11	97233	Portland	38.0 ±1.8	36,236	13,744	—
12	97229	Portland	38.4 ±0.9	76,106	28,430	—
13	97210	Portland	38.4 ±2.3	11,324	7,068	8,189
14	97266	Portland	38.6 ±1.2	35,423	13,114	13,553
15	97230	Portland	38.7 ±2.5	43,553	16,344	16,065
16	97211	Portland	38.7 ±1.2	33,769	14,466	—
17	97239	Portland	39.3 ±1.6	17,804	9,190	—
18	97216	Portland	39.5 ±1.9	16,638	6,861	7,206
19	97206	Portland	39.6 ±0.9	49,890	21,439	22,294
20	97225	Portland	39.7 ±2.1	25,869	11,744	—
21	97223	Portland	40.1 ±1.6	50,527	21,247	—
22	97205	Portland	40.5 ±2.0	9,121	6,369	—
23	97222	Portland	41.0 ±1.2	36,398	15,924	16,621
24	97220	Portland	41.1 ±1.5	27,202	11,796	12,107
25	97219	Portland	41.8 ±1.2	42,430	18,069	—

How we ranked them

Ranked by median age of all residents, lowest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 32 of 35 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Younger ZIP codes skew toward renters, students and young families: fitness, quick-service food, apartments, entertainment and first-time-buyer offers.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 50,157 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 lowest median age?: 97201 (Portland), at 33.6 (±1.7), among 32 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median age of all residents, lowest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024).
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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