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Jefferson, OR

3,301 Population
0.9 square miles 3,853.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.2 ±2.6 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

$35,408 ±$7,266 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Salem, OR Metro Area: $37,986 ±$773
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oregon: $45,612 ±$309
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$102,159 ±$14,630 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Salem, OR Metro Area: $78,900 ±$1,874
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $83,011 ±$573
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.2% ±5.7% (304  ±188) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 13% 55,299 (±0.7% / ±2,862)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oregon: 11.9% 498,380 (±0.2% / ±8,575)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.4 minutes ±1.7 (32,285  ±5,672) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than 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

967 ±88 Number of households
  • the Salem, OR Metro Area: 159,856 ±874
  • Oregon: 1,718,422 ±4,082
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.4 ±0.3 (3,299  ±34) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 2.7 425,581 (±0 / ±192)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,153,548
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.9% ±4.5% (58  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 5.5% † 5,663 (±0.6% / ±587)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oregon: 4.5% 44,800 (±0.2% / ±1,976)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,007 ±88 Number of housing units
  • the Salem, OR Metro Area: 167,162 ±157
  • Oregon: 1,857,992 ±637
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$373,000 ±$15,632 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

8% ±5.4% (262  ±175.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 13.2% 57,371 (±0.7% / ±3,021.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oregon: 14% 589,616 (±0.2% / ±9,960.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.9% ±7% (1,716  ±204.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 87.2% 256,658 (±1.3% / ±3,714.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 91.9% 2,796,561 (±0.4% / ±12,104.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.6% ±4.6% (375  ±93.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 27.1% 79,707 (±0.7% / ±2,060.3)
  • about half the rate in Oregon: 36.8% 1,120,686 (±0.3% / ±7,591.5)
  • about half 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

10.7% ±5.9% (352  ±195) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 12.2% 53,530
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 9.8% 418,367
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.7% ±1.6% (85  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 7.6% 25,719 (±0.4% / ±1,282)
  • about half the rate in Oregon: 7.2% 246,300 (±0.1% / ±3,835)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
85 Total veterans ±37 72 Male ±34 13 Female ±17

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