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Census Tract 53.02, Polk, OR

2,371 Population
55 square miles 43.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.1 ±13.9 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Salem: 36 ±0.6
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Polk County: 37.8 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Oregon: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$45,171 ±$9,566 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Salem: $38,066 ±$1,227
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Polk County: $40,635 ±$1,811
  • about the same as the amount in Oregon: $45,612 ±$309
$77,625 ±$50,979 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Salem: $75,487 ±$2,354
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Polk County: $85,118 ±$3,655
  • a little less than the amount in Oregon: $83,011 ±$573

9.3% ±7% (221  ±169) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Salem: 14.4% 24,536 (±1.2% / ±2,091)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Polk County: 12.7% † 11,070 (±1.5% / ±1,290)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oregon: 11.9% 498,380 (±0.2% / ±8,575)

24.7 minutes ±13.1 (16,730  ±3,571) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Salem: 22 1,513,935 (±0.5 / ±54,942)
  • about the same as the figure in Polk County: 25.3 839,240 (±0.6 / ±38,581)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oregon: 23 37,691,044 (±0.1 / ±270,854)

Families

975 ±250 Number of households
  • Salem: 67,629 ±997
  • Polk County: 32,986 ±487
  • Oregon: 1,718,422 ±4,082
2.4 ±0.7 (2,369  ±363) Persons per household
  • a little less than 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

11.9% ±10.4% (52  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Salem: 5.5% † 2,367 (±0.9% / ±378)
  • more than double the rate in Polk County: 5.2% † 1,126 (±1.2% / ±271)
  • more than double the rate in Oregon: 4.5% 44,800 (±0.2% / ±1,976)

Housing

1,054 ±242 Number of housing units
  • Salem: 71,124 ±904
  • Polk County: 34,867 ±72
  • Oregon: 1,857,992 ±637

$756,600 ±$120,164 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Salem: $416,900 ±$6,183
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Polk County: $454,700 ±$10,323
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Oregon: $477,600 ±$1,400

9.7% ±5.6% (225  ±134.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Salem: 15% 26,527 (±1.1% / ±1,963.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Polk County: 14.1% † 12,547 (±1.5% / ±1,341.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oregon: 14% 589,616 (±0.2% / ±9,960.3)

Social

87.7% ±23% (1,547  ±284.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Salem: 88.3% 106,358 (±2% / ±2,650.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Polk County: 91.7% 54,675 (±2.8% / ±1,679.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Oregon: 91.9% 2,796,561 (±0.4% / ±12,104.7)
27.8% ±5.2% (491  ±130.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Salem: 31.5% 37,924 (±1.2% / ±1,522.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Polk County: 31.2% 18,599 (±1.6% / ±942)
  • about three-quarters of 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

9.5% ±7.3% (226  ±176) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Salem: 12.8% 22,936 (±0.7% / ±1,330)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 6.3% 5,680
  • a little less than the rate in Oregon: 9.8% 418,367

17.6% ±5.5% (327  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Salem: 6.4% 8,759 (±0.5% / ±745)
  • nearly double the rate in Polk County: 9.1% 6,368 (±0.8% / ±559)
  • more than double the rate in Oregon: 7.2% 246,300 (±0.1% / ±3,835)
327 Total veterans ±118 278 Male ±89 49 Female ±44

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