Keizer vs Salem

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

Keizer 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 39,013 in Keizer). Keizer has the higher median household income ($81,217 vs $71,900 in Salem). Keizer has the higher median home value ($396,700 vs $382,400 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Keizer	Salem
Population	39,013	176,666
Median age	37.0 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$81,217	$71,900
Median home value	$396,700	$382,400
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,323
Housing units	15,080	69,993
Homeownership rate	62.8%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keizer	Salem
Population	38,980 → 39,013 (+0.1%)	169,259 → 176,666 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$64,638 → $81,217 (+25.6%)	$55,920 → $71,900 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$260,200 → $396,700 (+52.5%)	$242,800 → $382,400 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,056 → $1,375 (+30.2%)	$975 → $1,323 (+35.7%)

Keizer

Population

38,98039,013

Median household income

$64,638$81,217

Median home value

$260,200$396,700

Median gross rent

$1,056$1,375

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)

	Keizer	Salem
Under 5	6.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.7%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	10.1%
25 to 34	14.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	8.9%
75 and over	7.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keizer	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	63.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.5%
Asian	1.1%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	1.6%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	24.8%	23.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keizer	Salem
No high school diploma	10.5%	11.3%
High school graduate	23.0%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keizer	Salem
Drove alone	75.3%	68.4%
Carpooled	6.7%	10.4%
Public transit	0.9%	1.8%
Walked	1.7%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.1%
Worked from home	14.2%	14.0%
Other means	0.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keizer	Salem
1-unit, detached	64.2%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	15.4%
20 or more units	8.1%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Keizer	Salem
Poverty rate	8.4%	14.7%
Average household size	2.64	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1983	1980