Long Creek, OR · standard
ZIP Code 97856
Grant County, Oregon - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 366
- 0/sq mi
- $44,318
- Median income
- $225,000
- Median home value
- 18.7%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Long Creek pairs one of the lowest household incomes in the country with above-median home values, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- 9th pct
- household income, US ZIPs
- Top 49%
- home value, US ZIPs
- 0
- people per sq mi
- 71%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 97856 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 97856 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon, home to just 366 residents across 1220.0 square miles, a density of 0 people per square mile, in the Los Angeles time zone.
ZIP 97856 reports a modest median household income of $44,318 (43% below the average Oregon ZIP), while per-capita income is $26,708. The poverty rate is 29.5%, so the area-level income figures should not be treated as typical household experience. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $225,000 (48% below the average Oregon ZIP), and median rent is $701; owner occupancy is 71.4%.
Educational attainment sits below the national norm: 18.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 45.8, and the average commute is -. No nearby ZIP peer set is available for this delivery area, so the Oregon and national benchmarks above are the appropriate context for 97856.
Every figure on this page is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (including median rent) and the FHFA House Price Index, no estimates, no proprietary scoring. Verify with Census →
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates + ZIP Code Business Patterns + FHFA HPI ACS demographics and median rent, ZBP business establishments, FHFA HPI for ZIP 97856, Long Creek, OR · 2023 Census ACS 5-Year Estimates use a rolling 60-month sample for stable small-geography estimates; ZBP updated annually; FHFA HPI updated quarterly/annually.
Quick Facts
366
Population
1220.0
Area (sq mi)
0
People / sq mi
Los Angeles
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 97856?
45.8
Median Age
48.5%
Male
51.5%
Female
4.7%
Foreign-Born
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity category from the Census Bureau and may overlap with other categories above.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
How much do residents earn?
$44,318
Median Household Income
-43% vs state ZIP avg
$26,708
Per Capita Income
29.5%
Poverty Rate
4.2%
Unemployment Rate
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What is the education profile here?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What does housing look like?
Housing stock: occupied vs vacant
290housing units
290
Total Housing Units
206
Occupied Units
84
Vacant Units
2.35
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$225,000
Median Home Value
-48% vs state ZIP avg
$701
Median Rent
1978
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 9 business establishments in ZIP 97856, employing approximately 29 people with a combined annual payroll of $896,000.
9
Businesses
29
Employees
$896K
Annual Payroll
0
Industry Sectors
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP), 2023. Employment figures may include noise for disclosure avoidance.
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 97856, both outside OR so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment (Nearby and same-county blocks stay local).
Similar median household income
Nearest cross-state ZIPs by ACS median household income.