| Context | Value |
|---|
| Location | Salem, OR |
| County | Marion County |
| National rank | #10,305 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #207 of 254 |
| City rank | #9 of 18 |
| County rank | #9 of 18 |
| National percentile | 31.2 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $441,169 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 0.3% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.13% |
| Home value to income ratio | 6.35 |
| Median household income | $69,436 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 14.2% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 5.6% |
| Homeownership rate | 63.1% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 3.5% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 57.5% |
How to read this profile
- Ranks are always shown with denominators.
- Momentum reflects both year-over-year and month-over-month housing change.
- Stability and Strength and Value Opportunity are governed composite scores.
- Identity composition is descriptive intelligence and is not a scoring component.
Questions and Answers
Questions About Living in Southeast Mill Creek
What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Southeast Mill Creek?
Southeast Mill Creek is ranked #9 of 18 eligible neighborhoods in Salem; #207 of 254 eligible neighborhoods in OR; and #10,305 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Is Southeast Mill Creek one of the best neighborhoods in Salem?
Southeast Mill Creek has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 42.3 and a city ranking of #9 of 18 eligible neighborhoods in Salem.
How much are homes worth in Southeast Mill Creek?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Southeast Mill Creek is approximately $441,169.
Are home values rising or falling in Southeast Mill Creek?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 0.3% year over year and 0.13% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Southeast Mill Creek?
Southeast Mill Creek has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 50.5. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Southeast Mill Creek?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $69,436.
How affordable is Southeast Mill Creek relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 6.35. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Southeast Mill Creek primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 63.1%.
What is the unemployment rate in Southeast Mill Creek?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 5.6%.
How educated are residents of Southeast Mill Creek?
Approximately 14.2% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Southeast Mill Creek face high rent burden?
Approximately 57.5% of the applicable renter-household universe is estimated to spend 30% or more of household income on gross rent.
How does Best Neighborhoods USA score Southeast Mill Creek?
The overall index combines 40% Stability and Strength, 35% Value Opportunity, and 25% Momentum. Race, ethnicity, and identity composition are not scoring components.
Governed ranking context
How this neighborhood ranks
HMDA Mortgage Intelligence
Neighborhood Mortgage Market
FULL_OR_NEAR_FULL
Modeled neighborhood-level mortgage activity allocated from governed HMDA tract data using Zillow neighborhood geometry.
These neighborhood values are nonadditive and do not enter the Best Neighborhoods USA Index.
Activity year2024
Estimated applications172
Estimated originations81
Home-purchase applications93
Origination rate47.1%
Home-purchase share54.0%
Average application loan$230,130
Total application loan amount$39,543,794
National application rank#2,528 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 3.3% YoY; originations -4.4% YoY
Mortgage methodology
HMDA is natively reported at tract and other lender-reporting geographies, not Zillow neighborhood or ZIP geography.
This module uses the certified NDS HMDA-to-Zillow tract-vintage crosswalk and area-weighted allocation.
Rankings require governed geometry coverage. Applicant demographics are excluded.
Neighborhood values may overlap and must not be summed to reconstruct ZIP or national totals.