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Salem city, Oregon: commercial real estate data.
Salem city is a Census city of 178,865 people across 48.94 square miles of land, lying across Marion County and Polk County. Median household income is $75,487, 55.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 299 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $125.0 m.
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Salem
What Salem is
- Census place typecity
- Land area48.94 sq mi
- Water area0.55 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,654
- County holding the largest share of its areaMarion County, 86.2 percent
- Counties this place lies inMarion County 86.2 percent, Polk County 13.8 percent
Salem city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Salem
How many people live in Salem
- Population178,865
- Median age36.0
- Population under 1840,808
- Share under 1822.8 percent
- Population 65 and over28,181
- Share 65 and over15.8 percent
- Households67,629
- Family households41,664
- Share of households that are families61.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Salem
Income and work in Salem
- Median household income$75,487
- Per capita income$38,066
- Civilian labor force88,037
- Employed82,910
- Unemployed5,127
- Unemployment rate5.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over120,496
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher31.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Salem
Housing in Salem
- Housing units71,124
- Occupied units67,629
- Vacant units3,495
- Vacancy rate4.9 percent
- Owner occupied37,812
- Renter occupied29,817
- Ownership rate55.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$416,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,400
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.3 percent
- Single family units44,393
- Share single family62.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more23,202
- Share in buildings of two or more32.6 percent
- Mobile homes3,213
- Median year structure built1980
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Salem
How Salem gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute68,735
- Commuting under 15 minutes23,112
- Share commuting under 15 minutes33.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more17,068
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more24.8 percent
- Drove alone65.3 percent
- Carpooled11.4 percent
- Public transport1.6 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Walked3.3 percent
- Worked from home15.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Salem
SBA loans in Salem (7(a))
- Approvals299
- Gross approval$125,036,300
- Average approval$418,182
- Median approval$50,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,154,500
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported2,399
- Jobs per approval8.0
- Loans with a final outcome63
- Paid in full60
- Charged off3
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans4.8 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more13.0 percent
- Share to franchises9.0 percent
- Distinct lenders46
- Distinct industries by NAICS153
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Salem
SBA loans in Salem (504)
- Approvals49
- Gross approval$46,701,000
- Average approval$953,082
- Median approval$528,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported452
- Loans with a final outcome10
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Marion County, not Salem
Marion County context, not Salem figures
These are Marion County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Salem measurements.
- Establishments in Marion County9,176
- Employment at those establishments, Marion County117,012
- Covered employment, Marion County171,271
- Average annual pay, Marion County$62,787
- Average weekly wage, Marion County$1,207
- Housing units permitted, Marion County1,682
- Of those, single family, Marion County843
- County product, 2024, Marion County$23,936,789,000
- County product change over the prior year, Marion County6.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Marion County$61,074
Every figure in this section is published for Marion County as a whole and is not a measurement of Salem. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Salem questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Salem, Oregon?
178,865, in 67,629 households. Salem city covers 48.94 square miles of land, which is 3,654 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Salem in?
Salem lies in more than one. By area it is 86.2 percent in Marion County, 13.8 percent in Polk County. This page sits under Marion County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Salem?
$75,487. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $416,900. Median gross rent is $1,400 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Salem businesses?
299 7(a) approvals totalling $125.0 m, across 46 lenders, median approval $50,000, plus 49 504 approvals worth $46.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Salem, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Salem borrowers get paid back?
Of the 63 loans that have reached a final outcome, 60 were paid in full and 3 charged off, a charge off rate of 4.8 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Salem figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Marion County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Salem.
Is zoning published for Salem?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.