Home values, rents and more in the Salem metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Salem metro compares
The typical home in the Salem metro area is worth about $447,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Salem metro are 9% below the typical value in Oregon ($493,000) and 22% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Salem metro rose 0.4%, compared with 0.0% in Oregon and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,646 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 8% below Oregon ($1,780) and 15% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 0.2% over the past year.
The median household income is $78,900, against $83,011 in Oregon and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 445,814 people live in the Salem metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Salem metro has the 110th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 9th-highest of 20 in Oregon with Zillow figures.
Part of: Oregon
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Salem metro
Cities in the Salem metro
- Salem, OR $432,000
- Keizer, OR $447,000
- Woodburn, OR $421,000
- Dallas, OR $473,000
- Monmouth, OR $471,000
- Silverton, OR $547,000
- Independence, OR $421,000
- Stayton, OR $465,000
- Aumsville, OR $494,000
- Hubbard, OR $484,000
- Mount Angel, OR $472,000
- Jefferson, OR $457,000
- Sublimity, OR $574,000
- Turner, OR $578,000
- Gervais, OR $426,000
- Grand Ronde, OR $457,000
- Falls City, OR $347,000
- Donald, OR $460,000
- Aurora, OR $675,000
- Saint Paul, OR $587,000
- Gates, OR $465,000
- Scotts Mills, OR $623,000
- Detroit, OR $436,000
- Rickreall, OR $706,000
Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.