Salem vs Woodburn

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

Salem and Woodburn 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 26,845 in Woodburn). Salem has the higher median household income ($71,900 vs $67,469 in Woodburn). Salem has the higher median home value ($382,400 vs $308,400 in Woodburn).

Population, income & housing

	Salem	Woodburn
Population	176,666	26,845
Median age	35.7 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,900	$67,469
Median home value	$382,400	$308,400
Median gross rent	$1,323	$1,373
Housing units	69,993	9,063
Homeownership rate	55.7%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salem	Woodburn
Population	169,259 → 176,666 (+4.4%)	25,738 → 26,845 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$55,920 → $71,900 (+28.6%)	$50,093 → $67,469 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$242,800 → $382,400 (+57.5%)	$205,300 → $308,400 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,323 (+35.7%)	$1,029 → $1,373 (+33.4%)

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

Woodburn

Population

25,73826,845

Median household income

$50,093$67,469

Median home value

$205,300$308,400

Median gross rent

$1,029$1,373

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Salem	Woodburn
Under 5	5.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.1%	19.2%
18 to 24	10.1%	10.1%
25 to 34	15.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	10.8%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.1%
75 and over	6.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salem	Woodburn
White (non-Hispanic)	63.9%	32.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	3.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.4%	62.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salem	Woodburn
No high school diploma	11.3%	29.1%
High school graduate	22.4%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salem	Woodburn
Drove alone	68.4%	69.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	19.5%
Public transit	1.8%	0.2%
Walked	3.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	8.2%
Other means	1.4%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salem	Woodburn
1-unit, detached	58.5%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	6.1%
20 or more units	8.1%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Salem	Woodburn
Poverty rate	14.7%	15.2%
Average household size	2.51	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1980	1978