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Salem, OR

180,389 Population
48.9 square miles 3,686.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oregon: 40.8 ±0.2

Economics

$36,295 ±$2,048 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Salem, OR Metro Area: $37,942 ±$1,262
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oregon: $45,821 ±$605
$79,638 ±$5,341 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Salem, OR Metro Area: $82,732 ±$4,078
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oregon: $85,220 ±$1,399

12.4% ±2.7% (21,392  ±4,594) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 11.4% † 49,221 (±1.5% / ±6,613)
  • a little higher than the rate in Oregon: 11.8% 493,796 (±0.5% / ±19,583)

22 minutes ±0.5 (1,513,935  ±54,942) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 24.4 4,199,325 (±0.4 / ±100,281)
  • a little less than the figure in Oregon: 23 37,691,044 (±0.1 / ±270,854)

Families

67,518 ±2,695 Number of households
  • the Salem, OR Metro Area: 162,226 ±2,102
  • Oregon: 1,744,270 ±7,249
2.5 ±0.1 (171,409  ±188) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 2.7 429,768 (±0 / ±217)
  • a little higher than the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,166,848

6% ±2.4% (2,577  ±1,038) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 5.7% † 5,925 (±1.5% / ±1,523)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oregon: 4.4% 43,778 (±0.4% / ±4,027)

Housing

72,661 ±2,893 Number of housing units
  • the Salem, OR Metro Area: 171,685 ±99
  • Oregon: 1,896,851 ±179

$433,000 ±$13,671 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Salem, OR Metro Area: $447,000 ±$8,485
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oregon: $497,500 ±$3,618

14.5% ±2.5% (25,912  ±4,403.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 12.5% † 54,746 (±1.5% / ±6,350.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 13% 550,507 (±0.5% / ±19,917.1)

Social

87.2% ±4.3% (107,639  ±5,936) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 87.3% 260,832 (±2.9% / ±8,870.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Oregon: 92.3% 2,847,453 (±0.9% / ±27,500.5)
30.8% ±2.7% (37,968  ±3,448.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 27.2% 81,220 (±1.6% / ±4,707.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oregon: 37.8% 1,167,445 (±0.6% / ±17,005.8)

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

14.1% ±1.9% (25,505  ±3,395) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 12.4% 54,875
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oregon: 10% 429,125

6.5% ±1.3% (9,128  ±1,875) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 7.3% † 24,969 (±0.7% / ±2,518)
  • a little less than the rate in Oregon: 6.8% 233,276 (±0.2% / ±6,971)
9,128 Total veterans ±1,875 7,363 Male ±1,421 1,765 Female ±1,014

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