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Salem, OR
180,406 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4164900 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Salem ranked #171 of 340 cities and 10th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Salem and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Eugene OR, Spokane WA, Fort Collins CO, Reno NV, Salt Lake City UT, Greeley CO, Modesto CA, Rockford IL, Billings MT, Visalia CA, Boise ID, Boulder CO, Tacoma WA · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #171 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #88 | #163 | #135 | #120 | #93 | #65 | #151 | #197 | #169 | #130 | #108 | #92 | #104 | #109 | #78 | #91 | #109 | #68 | #171 | #209 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 146,011 | 148,135 | 150,362 | 151,841 | 153,654 | 155,247 | 156,171 | 157,369 | 158,814 | 160,675 | 163,175 | 166,478 | 169,627 | 172,646 | 174,365 | 175,977 | 178,215 | 180,167 | 179,519 | 180,406 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #139 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | -0.2 | +0.3 | +0.2 | -0.0 | +0.3 | — | -0.1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | +0.4 | +0.9 | +1.3 | +0.9 | +0.9 | +0.3 | +0.0 | +0.1 | +0.3 | -0.6 | -0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #95 of 271 cities with data · 5th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | 5.1 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 4.7 | 6.5 | 3.8 | 5.0 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #109 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 18.9% | 17.6% | 19.6% | 19.0% | 19.7% | 20.6% | 20.9% | 20.1% | 20.5% | 18.7% | 19.9% | 20.6% | 20.2% | 23.2% | 20.7% | — | 22.1% | 22.3% | 23.5% | 22.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #142 of 304 cities with data · 6th of 13 in its peer group with data | 2.1 | 6.1 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 5.0 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #161 of 295 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 28.1 | 35.1 | 31.3 | 23.1 | 23.4 | 19.3 | 21.1 | 31.8 | 25.8 | 19.3 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 36.6 | 44.6 | 39.6 | 40.9 | 51.1 | 61.6 | 61.3 | 69.8 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 82,698 | 84,425 | 85,361 | 87,314 | 84,649 | 85,730 | 87,719 | 87,913 | 88,550 | 90,265 | 94,691 | 98,721 | 100,446 | 103,251 | 109,355 | 106,389 | 108,934 | 112,608 | 112,784 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #257 of 329 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.5 | -1.4 | -1.1 | +0.8 | +1.8 | +0.5 | +0.9 | -0.3 | -1.1 | -0.8 | -0.4 | +0.4 | -0.4 | +0.8 | +2.4 | -0.1 | +0.2 | +0.1 | -1.4 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59,456 | 65,537 | 70,607 | 70,744 | 75,463 | 77,656 | 75,165 | 80,789 | 79,021 | — | 79,081 | 84,830 | 87,769 | 86,315 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #273 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14.9% | 16.3% | 8.9% | 9.0% | 5.9% | 6.4% | 5.0% | 6.0% | 6.7% | — | 5.6% | 5.4% | 3.9% | 6.4% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #182 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 24% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 9% | 22% | 18% | 17% | 19% | 16% | 19% | 20% | 20% | 23% | 22% | 24% | 24% | 34% | 27% | 20% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #247 of 314 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | $4,611 | $5,010 | $5,241 | $5,990 | $7,073 | $6,877 | $6,329 | $6,177 | $5,907 | $5,905 | $4,997 | $4,051 | $4,345 | $3,870 | $1,858 | $6,179 | $5,104 | $1,436 | $5,120 | $4,708 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Salem. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.