Hayesville vs Salem

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

Hayesville 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 22,309 in Hayesville). Salem has the higher median household income ($71,900 vs $59,299 in Hayesville). Salem has the higher median home value ($382,400 vs $331,200 in Hayesville).

Population, income & housing

	Hayesville	Salem
Population	22,309	176,666
Median age	31.9 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,299	$71,900
Median home value	$331,200	$382,400
Median gross rent	$1,353	$1,323
Housing units	7,722	69,993
Homeownership rate	45.7%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hayesville	Salem
Population	21,979 → 22,309 (+1.5%)	169,259 → 176,666 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$52,438 → $59,299 (+13.1%)	$55,920 → $71,900 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$201,700 → $331,200 (+64.2%)	$242,800 → $382,400 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,353 (+43.8%)	$975 → $1,323 (+35.7%)

Hayesville

Population

21,97922,309

Median household income

$52,438$59,299

Median home value

$201,700$331,200

Median gross rent

$941$1,353

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)

	Hayesville	Salem
Under 5	8.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	21.5%	17.1%
18 to 24	9.1%	10.1%
25 to 34	16.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	8.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.9%
75 and over	4.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hayesville	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	44.2%	63.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.5%
Asian	1.8%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.7%	1.6%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	45.8%	23.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hayesville	Salem
No high school diploma	24.0%	11.3%
High school graduate	29.2%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hayesville	Salem
Drove alone	66.9%	68.4%
Carpooled	20.1%	10.4%
Public transit	2.8%	1.8%
Walked	1.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.1%
Worked from home	6.6%	14.0%
Other means	2.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hayesville	Salem
1-unit, detached	45.5%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	22.0%	15.4%
20 or more units	9.2%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Hayesville	Salem
Poverty rate	23.2%	14.7%
Average household size	2.98	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1979	1980