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Salem

Why you'd want to live in Salem

Salem is the capital city of the state of Oregon and also the county seat of Marion County. It is situated about 46 miles southwest of Portland in Oregon's Willamette River valley, one of the nation's most fertile agricultural regions. The city lies at the junction of Oregon State Highways 22, 213, and 221. Interstate I-5 provides northerly transportation to Portland and southerly to the city of Eugene. One of Oregon's oldest communities, Salem was originally called Chemeketa, an Indian term meaning "meeting or resting place." It replaced Oregon City as the territorial capital in 1851, but in 1855 it was itself temporarily replaced as capital by the city of Corvallis (40 miles to the south). This arrangement lasted less than a year, after which time Salem was restored to its former status as territorial capital. Salem became incorporated as a city in 1857 and when Oregon achieved statehood two years later, Salem became its permanent state capital. Fire destroyed both of the city's first two Capitol buildings, one of which was copper-domed and modeled in part after the U.S. Capitol building. Salem's third (and present) Oregon State Capitol building was completed in 1938 at the site of the first two. The structure is distinguished by its gold-plated pioneer statue, known as the Oregon Pioneer, mounted atop the capitol dome. via citytowninfo.com

Salem Market Report

$523,932

AVERAGE PRICE OF 599 HOMES

$1,676,883

AVERAGE PRICE OF 30 MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR HOMES

$573,915

AVERAGE PRICE OF 73 NEWLY BUILT HOMES

$524,500

AVERAGE PRICE OF 2 DISTRESSED HOMES

$742,475

AVERAGE PRICE OF 25 HOMES WITH A POOL

$619,115

AVERAGE PRICE OF 31 REDUCED PRICE HOMES

Average Home

Average Price $523,932
Avg Bedrooms 3.53 beds
Avg Bathrooms 2.94 baths

Average Price by Bedrooms

1 bedroom $250,542
2 bedrooms $317,373
3 bedrooms $1,120,425
4 bedrooms $544,187
5 bedrooms $1,320,126
Salem Home Price Trends
  1/2025 12/2024 11/2024 10/2024 9/2024
Total Listings 953 1,070 1,176 1,267 1,343
Average Price $586,208 $582,018 $608,039 $595,872 $579,695
Avg Price Change +0.72% -4.47% +2.04% +2.79% -0.25%
Median Price $456,804 $461,773 $474,226 $470,577 $468,902
Med Price Change -1.09% -2.70% +0.78% +0.36% -0.15%
Avg Bedrooms 3.27 beds 3.32 beds 3.38 beds 3.5 beds 3.44 beds
Avg Bathrooms 2.66 baths 2.71 baths 2.8 baths 2.85 baths 2.8 baths
Home Price by High School
School Name Total Homes Average Price
South Salem High 3 $1,071,637
Sprague 135 $651,775
Home Price by House Size
Total Homes Average Price
All Homes 599 $523,932
Multi-Million Dollar Homes 30 $1,676,883
Newly Built Homes 73 $573,915
Distressed Homes 2 $524,500
Homes with a Pool 25 $742,475
Reduced Price Homes 31 $619,115

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