Four Corners vs Salem

A side-by-side comparison of Four Corners and Salem: population, income, housing, and more.

Four Corners and Salem are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Salem has the higher population (176,666 vs 16,168 in Four Corners). Salem has the higher median household income ($71,900 vs $69,232 in Four Corners). Salem has the higher median home value ($382,400 vs $313,500 in Four Corners).

Population, income & housing

	Four Corners	Salem
Population	16,168	176,666
Median age	36.9 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,232	$71,900
Median home value	$313,500	$382,400
Median gross rent	$1,298	$1,323
Housing units	5,930	69,993
Homeownership rate	64.1%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Four Corners	Salem
Population	16,399 → 16,168 (-1.4%)	169,259 → 176,666 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$52,995 → $69,232 (+30.6%)	$55,920 → $71,900 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$174,900 → $313,500 (+79.2%)	$242,800 → $382,400 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,085 → $1,298 (+19.6%)	$975 → $1,323 (+35.7%)

Four Corners

Population

16,39916,168

Median household income

$52,995$69,232

Median home value

$174,900$313,500

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,298

Salem

Population

169,259176,666

Median household income

$55,920$71,900

Median home value

$242,800$382,400

Median gross rent

$975$1,323

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Four Corners	Salem
Under 5	4.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.8%	17.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	10.1%
25 to 34	15.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	10.1%	10.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.9%
75 and over	4.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Four Corners	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	53.5%	63.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.5%
Asian	0.7%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.3%	1.6%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.4%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	41.2%	23.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Four Corners	Salem
No high school diploma	19.8%	11.3%
High school graduate	33.2%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Four Corners	Salem
Drove alone	70.7%	68.4%
Carpooled	16.4%	10.4%
Public transit	2.0%	1.8%
Walked	1.2%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.1%
Worked from home	7.5%	14.0%
Other means	1.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Four Corners	Salem
1-unit, detached	64.6%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	15.4%
20 or more units	2.8%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Four Corners	Salem
Poverty rate	12.6%	14.7%
Average household size	2.82	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1974	1980