Home appreciation in Salem, OR

Over the five years ending 2025, home prices in Salem, OR grew an average of 7.6% a year.

Price growth at a glance

1-year

+2.8%

2025 over 2024. Oregon: +2.1%.

5-year, per year

+7.6%

Average annual growth, 2020 to 2025. Oregon: +6.7%.

10-year, per year

+8.3%

+121.1% in total since 2015. Oregon: +6.8%.

How does your home compare?

Salem, OR home prices rose 121.1% over the ten years to 2025, while its ZIP codes ranged from +88.0% to +144.3%. Look up your home to see where it ranks among the homes around it.

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How Salem, OR compares with Oregon

Oregon averaged +6.7% a year, so Salem, OR grew faster than the state overall. For five-year price growth, Salem, OR ranks 316th out of 409 metros nationwide and 3rd out of 8 in Oregon.

Index, 2005 = 100

Salem, OR and Oregon, quarterly house price index rebased to 100 in 2005.
YearSalem, OROregon
2005 Q1100100
2005 Q2104105
2005 Q3108111
2005 Q4112116
2006 Q1116120
2006 Q2121125
2006 Q3125128
2006 Q4128131
2007 Q1131132
2007 Q2133134
2007 Q3133133
2007 Q4134134
2008 Q1134133
2008 Q2132130
2008 Q3128126
2008 Q4128124
2009 Q1127124
2009 Q2124119
2009 Q3119115
2009 Q4116113
2010 Q1114111
2010 Q2112109
2010 Q3113109
2010 Q4111107
2011 Q1106103
2011 Q2101100
2011 Q3101101
2011 Q4103102
2012 Q1100100
2012 Q29899
2012 Q3100101
2012 Q4100103
2013 Q1100104
2013 Q2102106
2013 Q3104109
2013 Q4105111
2014 Q1107112
2014 Q2110116
2014 Q3112118
2014 Q4113119
2015 Q1115121
2015 Q2118125
2015 Q3122129
2015 Q4124131
2016 Q1127134
2016 Q2130139
2016 Q3134143
2016 Q4137145
2017 Q1139147
2017 Q2146152
2017 Q3150154
2017 Q4153155
2018 Q1156157
2018 Q2162161
2018 Q3166163
2018 Q4167163
2019 Q1169165
2019 Q2172168
2019 Q3175170
2019 Q4177172
2020 Q1178173
2020 Q2181175
2020 Q3185179
2020 Q4190183
2021 Q1197190
2021 Q2210202
2021 Q3223214
2021 Q4229220
2022 Q1237227
2022 Q2248239
2022 Q3251238
2022 Q4246231
2023 Q1245231
2023 Q2252236
2023 Q3252237
2023 Q4253234
2024 Q1254237
2024 Q2257241
2024 Q3258242
2024 Q4262241
2025 Q1259243
2025 Q2269246
2025 Q3265246
2025 Q4266246
2026 Q1269248
2026 Q2268250

Chart through 2026 Q2. Annual growth figures through 2025.

Five-year and ten-year growth rates were similar, at +8.3% a year over ten years and +121.1% in total, suggesting a similar pattern over both periods.

Over this history, home prices peaked in 2007, fell 25.0% to its 2012 low, and regained the 2007 level in 2017.

The strongest year was 2021 at +17.1%, and the weakest was 2011 at -8.6%.

In 2025 alone the index moved +2.8%, against +2.1% for the state.

ZIP codes in Salem, OR

Over the ten years to 2025, the 20 ZIP codes FHFA measures in this metro ranged from +88.0% in 97002 to +144.3% in 97351, while the metro as a whole rose 121.1%.

Fastest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 97351+144.3%
  2. 97301+139.0%
  3. 97361+127.0%
  4. 97071+126.4%
  5. 97305+125.0%

Slowest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 97002+88.0%
  2. 97032+88.5%
  3. 97362+101.0%
  4. 97306+101.3%
  5. 97304+106.3%
ZIP codes in Salem, OR ranked by 10-year home-price change through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
97351+7.5%+8.6%+9.3%+144.3%
97301+1.4%+7.0%+9.1%+139.0%
97361+3.4%+8.7%+8.5%+127.0%
97071+3.4%+7.0%+8.5%+126.4%
97305+4.2%+7.3%+8.4%+125.0%
97317+4.6%+8.0%+8.3%+122.7%
97303+2.0%+7.3%+8.2%+119.1%
97325+7.9%+7.8%+8.0%+116.2%
97352-0.5%+7.5%+8.0%+116.1%
97392+7.7%+8.3%+8.0%+115.4%
97302+3.7%+7.2%+7.8%+111.3%
97338+1.2%+7.3%+7.7%+109.9%
97383-3.4%+7.0%+7.6%+109.0%
97381-2.0%+7.5%+7.6%+107.8%
97385+10.0%+7.6%+7.6%+107.8%
97304+2.8%+7.2%+7.5%+106.3%
97306+0.5%+6.7%+7.2%+101.3%
97362-3.8%+6.4%+7.2%+101.0%
97032-1.7%+5.5%+6.5%+88.5%
97002-0.5%+6.5%+6.5%+88.0%

What a home report shows

Enter an address and you get a score out of 10 for how the home ranks on appreciation potential against comparable homes in its market, with the nearby sales behind it. Here is one saved report.

Example report · saved October 14, 2026

165 N Canal St, Apt 1205, Chicago, IL 60606

Appreciation score

4.1 / 10

Around the median

Where it ranks

Ranks above about 41% of comparable homes in Chicago, IL for appreciation potential.

Price against nearby sales

Priced below most nearby sales, at $300 per square foot across 6 comparable sales.

Read the full example report

Year by year

Annual house price index for Salem, OR and Oregon, 2005 = 100 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
2005100.0—100.0
2006115.8+15.8%116.6
2007125.4+8.3%123.2
2008123.2-1.7%118.8
2009114.7-6.9%108.6
2010106.1-7.5%100.9
201197.0-8.6%93.8
201294.1-3.0%93.2
201397.3+3.4%99.4
2014104.4+7.3%107.6
2015113.0+8.2%117.2
2016124.6+10.2%129.9
2017138.8+11.4%140.5
2018153.7+10.7%149.1
2019163.7+6.5%156.0
2020173.4+5.9%164.3
2021202.9+17.1%190.9
2022231.7+14.2%216.1
2023236.6+2.1%216.7
2024243.2+2.8%222.3
2025249.9+2.8%226.9

The 8 measured metros in Oregon

Measured metros in Oregon ranked by 5-year home-price appreciation through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
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1Bend, OR+1.5%+9.0%+8.7%
2Albany, OR+3.4%+8.1%+8.7%
3Salem, OR+2.8%+7.6%+8.3%
4Corvallis, OR+1.7%+7.5%+7.0%
5Eugene-Springfield, OR+2.1%+7.5%+7.5%
6Grants Pass, OR+3.7%+6.3%+6.7%
7Medford, OR+3.2%+6.1%+6.4%
8Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA+2.2%+6.0%+6.4%

Source & method: Metro figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. State figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. The chart uses quarterly readings, with each series set to 100 in the first quarter of 2005. ZIP figures: FHFA annual five-digit ZIP index (developmental), ZIPs with sufficient transaction history. Missing years are reported as missing by FHFA and are not estimated. Each ZIP is placed in the metro that holds the county with most of its housing units. “5-yr /yr” and “10-yr /yr” are compound annual growth over the window ending 2025; all figures are nominal. Data published by the FHFA House Price Index; this edition compiled 2026-10-17. Educational data, not investment advice.

See the Oregon row in the state rankings, the county rankings, and, for why one metro number hides so much, why two homes in the same ZIP code appreciate differently.

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Measured FHFA data · chart through 2026 Q2