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Salem, OR

177,490 Population
48.9 square miles 3,629 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oregon: 40.5 ±0.2

Economics

$35,766 ±$2,302 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Salem, OR Metro Area: $34,126 ±$1,413
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oregon: $42,474 ±$544
$70,220 ±$5,956 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Salem, OR Metro Area: $72,150 ±$3,643
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oregon: $75,657 ±$1,181

16.9% ±3.2% (28,703  ±5,492) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 14% † 59,589 (±1.9% / ±7,974)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oregon: 12.1% 503,935 (±0.4% / ±16,879)

22.7 minutes ±0.7 (1,575,245  ±63,066) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 24.8 4,297,290 (±0.5 / ±113,328)
  • a little less than the figure in Oregon: 23.7 41,155,592 (±0.1 / ±298,977)

Families

68,667 ±2,299 Number of households
  • the Salem, OR Metro Area: 161,384 ±1,483
  • Oregon: 1,726,340 ±6,662
2.5 ±0.1 (169,308  ±684) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 2.6 423,629 (±0 / ±704)
  • a little higher than the figure in Oregon: 2.4 † 4,143,098 (±321.8 / ±-555,555,600)

6.1% ±3% (2,702  ±1,336) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 6% † 6,165 (±1.7% / ±1,736)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oregon: 4.5% 44,166 (±0.4% / ±3,533)

Housing

70,335 ±2,232 Number of housing units
  • the Salem, OR Metro Area: 167,019 ±264
  • Oregon: 1,859,349 ±332

$398,300 ±$16,195 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Salem, OR Metro Area: $409,400 ±$10,912
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oregon: $475,600 ±$3,783

15.8% ±2.7% (27,849  ±4,738.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 13.8% † 59,542 (±1.6% / ±6,809.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 14.5% 610,477 (±0.5% / ±21,877.8)

Social

88.4% ±4% (106,664  ±5,516) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 86.7% 255,294 (±2.8% / ±8,243.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Oregon: 91.6% 2,789,334 (±0.9% / ±26,298.6)
33.4% ±2.4% (40,361  ±3,100.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 27.6% 81,097 (±1.5% / ±4,328.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oregon: 36.3% 1,106,239 (±0.5% / ±15,811.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

14.6% ±2.5% (25,852  ±4,513) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 13.5% † 58,929 (±17,197% / ±5,445)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oregon: 9.9% † 420,943 (±1,300.7% / ±10,840)

7.2% ±1.1% (9,945  ±1,490) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Salem, OR Metro Area: 8.1% 27,048 (±0.7% / ±2,447)
  • a little less than the rate in Oregon: 7.4% 251,629 (±0.2% / ±7,349)
9,945 Total veterans ±1,490 9,147 Male ±1,476 798 Female ±485

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