Salem, OR housing supply, ownership, and rent

Salem, OR's current ACS housing baseline includes 71,124 total housing units, 67,629 occupied units, and 3,495 vacant units. For borrower planning, those counts can nevertheless help a borrower establish the scale of the measured housing base before comparing tenure, rent, current listings, property condition, and financing. The figures describe stock across the survey period; they do not say that 3,495 homes were listed for sale or available to rent at one moment. Reading 71,124 total units with 67,629 occupied and 3,495 vacant units keeps the release internally grounded while leaving live availability to current listing and property evidence.

Vacant units in Salem, OR decreased from 4,107 in the prior ACS period to 3,495 in the current release, a reported movement of 14.9%. In the current housing stock, 3,495 units equal 4.9% of the 71,124 total. ACS vacancy covers several statuses, so the 4.9% share cannot be read as the share of homes a buyer can purchase today or the share of rentals immediately available. In practical terms, the movement from 4,107 to 3,495 may still prompt better questions about current for-sale and rental inventory in Salem, OR, provided those questions are answered with timely listing and property data in place of the survey count alone.