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Get a real Cedar Hills phone number with a 503 or 971 area code, the same codes carried across Portland, and start using it in minutes. It works for calling and texting from your iPhone, so you can keep your personal number private while still looking local to neighbors from Cedar Hills to Beaverton.
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Why choose a Cedar Hills virtual phone number?
Local across Cedar Hills and Beaverton
Cedar Hills sits right against Beaverton, so a 503 or 971 number reads as local to people on either side of that line. That matters when you're posting a listing or meeting someone new and don't want your area code to give away that you're technically unincorporated Washington County.
A Portland-issued number, not a big-city guess
503 and 971 are Portland's codes, and Cedar Hills carries both. A number from either one looks native to anyone across the metro, not just people who already know your neighborhood.
Hillsboro and Tigard job leads
Hillsboro's employers and Tigard's retail corridor both draw applicants from Cedar Hills. A second line with a familiar area code means you can list a callback number for job leads without handing recruiters your personal cell.
Crossing into Vancouver, WA
Plenty of Cedar Hills residents cross the Columbia for work or errands in Vancouver, Washington. Keeping a separate Oregon-area-code number for that side of your life makes it easy to know, before you even answer, whether a call is about home or something across the river.
Lake Oswego and Gresham overlap
Cedar Hills, Lake Oswego, and Gresham all draw from the same pool of Portland-area listings, dating profiles, and community boards. A dedicated number keeps whatever you post there separate from the number your family and close friends use.
Most popular Cedar Hills virtual phone numbers
| Area code | Serves | Get this area code |
|---|---|---|
| +1 503 | Portland | Get a 503 number |
| +1 971 | Portland | Get a 971 number |
Local economy
Why do business in Cedar Hills?
Cedar Hills sits inside the Portland metro's tech and services economy, close to both Hillsboro's employers and Portland's downtown core.
Technology and electronics manufacturing
Nearby Hillsboro is home to a major concentration of semiconductor and electronics employers, and many Cedar Hills residents commute there for work.
Healthcare
Portland-area hospital systems and clinics draw staff and patients from Cedar Hills and its neighboring suburbs.
Retail and services
Cedar Hills residents regularly shop and work in the retail corridors of Beaverton and Tigard, both a short drive away.
About Cedar Hills
Area codes in service
2
Population
8,379
503 and 971 are overlay codes covering Portland and the surrounding suburbs, including Cedar Hills, Beaverton, Hillsboro, Tigard, Gresham, and Lake Oswego. Just across the Columbia River, Vancouver, Washington falls under a different set of area codes entirely.
Cedar Hills runs on Pacific Time along with the rest of the Portland metro. Because 503 and 971 are overlay codes for the same region, either one can serve as a genuinely local Cedar Hills number.
Like much of the Portland area, Cedar Hills residents commonly deal with unwanted robocalls and spam texts on their main line. That's one reason many people keep a separate number for anything they post publicly, like a marketplace listing or a dating profile.
Places near Cedar Hills
The closest place to Cedar Hills in the Census list is West Slope, 2 miles east. The largest nearby is Portland (635,749 people), 8 miles east. 8 of the 8 places below also use the 503 area code: West Slope, Beaverton, West Haven-Sylvan, Cedar Mill, Raleigh Hills, Oak Hills, Aloha and Garden Home-Whitford.
2 mi east · 7,223 people · area code 503, 971
Beaverton, OR
2 mi south · 98,302 people · area code 503, 971
2 mi northeast · 9,299 people · area code 503, 971
2 mi north · 17,259 people · area code 503, 971
Raleigh Hills, OR
3 mi southeast · 6,196 people · area code 503, 971
3 mi northwest · 11,903 people · area code 503, 971
Aloha, OR
3 mi west · 53,828 people · area code 503, 971
Garden Home-Whitford, OR
4 mi southeast · 7,081 people · area code 503, 971
Distances are straight-line between Census place centers.
Frequently asked questions
How fast can I get a Cedar Hills phone number?
You can pick a 503 or 971 number and start calling and texting from the Ghost app within minutes of signing up.
Can I choose between a 503 or 971 area code?
Yes. Both codes cover the Portland metro, including Cedar Hills, so you can pick whichever one you'd rather have on your second line.
Can I keep using my Cedar Hills number if my plans change?
You keep the number as long as you want it, and if your needs change you can delete it and pick a new one right from the app.