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Salem, OR

177,423 Population
48.9 square miles 3,626 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oregon: 40.7 ±0.2

Economics

$37,072 ±$2,476 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Salem, OR Metro Area: $36,082 ±$1,256
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oregon: $44,623 ±$658
$72,827 ±$4,940 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Salem, OR Metro Area: $74,554 ±$3,992
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oregon: $80,160 ±$1,045

14.6% ±2.8% (24,841  ±4,731) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 14% † 59,557 (±1.8% / ±7,726)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 12.2% 506,544 (±0.4% / ±17,185)

22.4 minutes ±0.7 (1,549,070  ±60,542) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 24.5 4,215,910 (±0.5 / ±102,838)
  • a little less than the figure in Oregon: 23.2 38,743,040 (±0.1 / ±274,387)

Families

68,817 ±2,571 Number of households
  • the Salem, OR Metro Area: 162,200 ±2,340
  • Oregon: 1,752,050 ±6,896
2.5 ±0.1 (169,477  ±98) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 2.6 423,856 (±0 / ±107)
  • a little higher than the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,136,328

7.2% ±3.1% (3,142  ±1,385) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 6.1% † 6,274 (±1.7% / ±1,714)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oregon: 4.3% 42,612 (±0.4% / ±3,743)

Housing

72,154 ±2,661 Number of housing units
  • the Salem, OR Metro Area: 169,765 ±81
  • Oregon: 1,879,510 ±136

$434,600 ±$14,099 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Salem, OR Metro Area: $437,200 ±$10,870
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oregon: $484,800 ±$3,384

16.8% ±3% (29,392  ±5,273.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 13.1% † 56,599 (±1.7% / ±7,176.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 13.5% 566,329 (±0.5% / ±21,326.1)

Social

88% ±4.1% (106,312  ±5,657.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 87.7% 258,729 (±2.9% / ±8,656.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Oregon: 92% 2,805,975 (±0.9% / ±26,754.1)
31.5% ±2.5% (38,047  ±3,201.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 28.3% 83,567 (±1.7% / ±5,043.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oregon: 37.7% 1,148,638 (±0.5% / ±16,108.9)

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

13.1% ±2.3% (23,168  ±4,099) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 11.8% 51,589
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oregon: 9.6% 406,692

6.2% ±1% (8,647  ±1,470) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 7.1% † 23,965 (±0.8% / ±2,644)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oregon: 6.8% 232,653 (±0.2% / ±6,869)
8,647 Total veterans ±1,470 7,822 Male ±1,348 825 Female ±522

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