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Census Tract 53.01, Polk, OR

8,540 Population
13.2 square miles 645.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Salem: 36 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 37.8 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oregon: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$60,071 ±$9,057 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Salem: $38,066 ±$1,227
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Polk County: $40,635 ±$1,811
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Oregon: $45,612 ±$309
$133,281 ±$26,007 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Salem: $75,487 ±$2,354
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Polk County: $85,118 ±$3,655
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Oregon: $83,011 ±$573

7.1% ±4.3% (606  ±372) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Salem: 14.4% 24,536 (±1.2% / ±2,091)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Polk County: 12.7% † 11,070 (±1.5% / ±1,290)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oregon: 11.9% 498,380 (±0.2% / ±8,575)

23.8 minutes ±7.4 (59,685  ±13,082) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Salem: 22 1,513,935 (±0.5 / ±54,942)
  • a little less than the figure in Polk County: 25.3 839,240 (±0.6 / ±38,581)
  • a little higher than the figure in Oregon: 23 37,691,044 (±0.1 / ±270,854)

Families

3,443 ±354 Number of households
  • Salem: 67,629 ±997
  • Polk County: 32,986 ±487
  • Oregon: 1,718,422 ±4,082
2.5 ±0.3 (8,514  ±800) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Salem: 2.5 170,275 (±0 / ±218)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Polk County: 2.7 87,510 (±0 / ±30)
  • about the same as the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,153,548

6.7% ±6.2% (113  ±107) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Salem: 5.5% † 2,367 (±0.9% / ±378)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Polk County: 5.2% † 1,126 (±1.2% / ±271)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oregon: 4.5% 44,800 (±0.2% / ±1,976)

Housing

3,584 ±333 Number of housing units
  • Salem: 71,124 ±904
  • Polk County: 34,867 ±72
  • Oregon: 1,857,992 ±637

$583,100 ±$39,725 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Salem: $416,900 ±$6,183
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Polk County: $454,700 ±$10,323
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $477,600 ±$1,400

11.6% ±7.3% (988  ±630.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Salem: 15% 26,527 (±1.1% / ±1,963.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Polk County: 14.1% † 12,547 (±1.5% / ±1,341.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oregon: 14% 589,616 (±0.2% / ±9,960.3)

Social

93.5% ±3.8% (5,953  ±651.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Salem: 88.3% 106,358 (±2% / ±2,650.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 91.7% 54,675 (±2.8% / ±1,679.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 91.9% 2,796,561 (±0.4% / ±12,104.7)
42.9% ±5.3% (2,734  ±436.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Salem: 31.5% 37,924 (±1.2% / ±1,522.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Polk County: 31.2% 18,599 (±1.6% / ±942)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 36.8% 1,120,686 (±0.3% / ±7,591.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.5% ±2.5% (385  ±219) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Salem: 12.8% 22,936 (±0.7% / ±1,330)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Polk County: 6.3% 5,680
  • about half the rate in Oregon: 9.8% 418,367

7.6% ±2% (525  ±150) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Salem: 6.4% 8,759 (±0.5% / ±745)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Polk County: 9.1% 6,368 (±0.8% / ±559)
  • a little higher than the rate in Oregon: 7.2% 246,300 (±0.1% / ±3,835)
525 Total veterans ±150 497 Male ±145 28 Female ±44

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