The median home value in Salem, OR is $440,407 as of 2026-06-30, up 0.35% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$440,407
Year-over-Year
+0.35%
Population
177,936
Salem ranks #38 of 62 Oregon cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 6.6% below the state's city median of $471,520. It sits in Marion County, where the county-wide median is $447,273.
Salem police recorded a violent crime rate of 532 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,803 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Salem is $440,407. That's up 0.35% from a year earlier. That is about 6.6% below the typical county in Oregon.
Homes in Salem are cheaper than Marion County as a whole, where the median is $447,273 — a difference of about 1.5%.
Salem police reported 532 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 177,936. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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