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Independence, OR

10,199 Population
3 square miles 3,393.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.7 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Oregon: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,794 ±$2,919 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Salem, OR Metro Area: $37,986 ±$773
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oregon: $45,612 ±$309
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$85,375 ±$8,821 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Salem, OR Metro Area: $78,900 ±$1,874
  • a little higher than the amount in Oregon: $83,011 ±$573
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.5% ±5.6% (1,277  ±575) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 13% 55,299 (±0.7% / ±2,862)
  • a little higher than the rate in Oregon: 11.9% 498,380 (±0.2% / ±8,575)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.9 minutes ±1.6 (114,545  ±12,610) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 24.4 4,199,325 (±0.4 / ±100,281)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oregon: 23 37,691,044 (±0.1 / ±270,854)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,151 ±265 Number of households
  • the Salem, OR Metro Area: 159,856 ±874
  • Oregon: 1,718,422 ±4,082
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.2 ±0.3 (10,138  ±30) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 2.7 425,581 (±0 / ±192)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,153,548
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.8% ±3% (108  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 5.5% † 5,663 (±0.6% / ±587)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oregon: 4.5% 44,800 (±0.2% / ±1,976)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,195 ±272 Number of housing units
  • the Salem, OR Metro Area: 167,162 ±157
  • Oregon: 1,857,992 ±637
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$378,800 ±$21,161 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Salem, OR Metro Area: $424,100 ±$3,900
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oregon: $477,600 ±$1,400
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.1% ±4.1% (1,120  ±413.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 13.2% 57,371 (±0.7% / ±3,021.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oregon: 14% 589,616 (±0.2% / ±9,960.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.5% ±7.4% (5,092  ±543.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 87.2% 256,658 (±1.3% / ±3,714.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Oregon: 91.9% 2,796,561 (±0.4% / ±12,104.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27% ±5% (1,590  ±311.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 27.1% 79,707 (±0.7% / ±2,060.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oregon: 36.8% 1,120,686 (±0.3% / ±7,591.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

9% ±2.7% (920  ±279) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 12.2% 53,530
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oregon: 9.8% 418,367
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±2.4% (593  ±190) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 7.6% 25,719 (±0.4% / ±1,282)
  • a little higher than the rate in Oregon: 7.2% 246,300 (±0.1% / ±3,835)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
593 Total veterans ±190 445 Male ±140 148 Female ±127

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