97538 Zip Code (Selma, OR) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 2,118
Zip code population in 2010: 2,063
Zip code population in 2000: 1,934

Houses and condos: 1,017
Renter-occupied apartments: 62
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 97538: 91.2 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 142.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.

Population density: 15 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,540 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $2,038 (0.6%)

For population 25 years and over in 97538:

• High school or higher: 89.2%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.2%
• Graduate or professional degree: 4.1%
• Unemployed: 8.4%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 31.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 97538:

• Never married: 12.3%
• Now married: 69.0%
• Separated: 0.0%
• Widowed: 8.4%
• Divorced: 10.4%

• 
• • 1,96492.8%White
  • 1034.9%Two or more races
  • 301.4%Asian
  • 200.9%Hispanic or Latino

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 97538, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $37,603 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$37,603
State:	$76,001

Salary/wage: $32,878 (reported on 59.2% of returns)

Here:	$32,878
State:	$61,959

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 969.6% for AGIs below $25k, 3390.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 4880.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 6192.5% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $927 (reported on 28.9% of returns)

This zip code:	$927
Oregon:	$1,628

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 36.5% for AGIs below $25k, 18.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 95.0% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Ordinary dividends: $3,033 (reported on 11.8% of returns)

Here:	$3,033
State:	$7,165

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 48.3% for AGIs below $25k, 86.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 275.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$13,150 (reported on 13.2% of returns)

Here:	+$13,150
State:	+$23,403

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.8% for AGIs below $25k, 101.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 663.3% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Profit/loss from business: +$12,135 (reported on 22.4% of returns)

Here:	+$12,135
State:	+$16,511

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 322.6% for AGIs below $25k, 980.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 362.5% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $9,014 (reported on 9.2% of returns)

97538:	$9,014
Oregon:	$20,730

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 130.4% for AGIs below $25k, 551.7% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Total itemized deductions: $32,850 (reported on 2.6% of returns)

Here:	$32,850
State:	$31,050

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1095.0% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxes paid: $6,800 (reported on 2.6% of returns)

97538:	$6,800
State:	$8,487

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 59.1% for AGIs below $25k)

Earned income credit: $2,094 (reported on 23.7% of returns)

Here:	$2,094
State:	$1,977

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 121.7% for AGIs below $25k, 80.8% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 92.1%

Here:	92%
State:	93%

(% for various income ranges: 91.9% for AGIs below $25k, 95.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 90.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 80.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 97538, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $34,004 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$34,004
State:	$57,845

Salary/wage: $27,943 (reported on 63.0% of returns)

Here:	$27,943
State:	$47,723

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 53.5% for AGIs below $25k, 60.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 52.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 52.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 35.9% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $895 (reported on 30.1% of returns)

This zip code:	$895
Oregon:	$1,848

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.3% for AGIs below $25k, 0.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.8% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Ordinary dividends: $4,130 (reported on 13.7% of returns)

Here:	$4,130
State:	$5,987

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.4% for AGIs below $25k, 0.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 4.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$2,244 (reported on 12.3% of returns)

Here:	+$2,244
State:	+$13,095

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 7.8% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$6,671 (reported on 23.3% of returns)

Here:	+$6,671
State:	+$13,871

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 14.7% for AGIs below $25k, 4.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.7% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $11,671 (reported on 9.6% of returns)

97538:	$11,671
Oregon:	$16,036

Total itemized deductions: $19,888 (32% of AGI, reported on 23.3% of returns)

Here:	$19,888
State:	$24,430

Here:	32.3% of AGI
State:	23.2% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 12.5% for AGIs below $25k, 11.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 15.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 17.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 13.8% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $3,109 (reported on 15.1% of returns)

Here:	$3,109
State:	$3,648

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.5% for AGIs below $25k, 0.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 4.9% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxes paid: $5,324 (reported on 23.3% of returns)

97538:	$5,324
State:	$10,269

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.4% for AGIs below $25k, 2.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 6.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $1,775 (reported on 27.4% of returns)

Here:	$1,775
State:	$2,021

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 6.0% for AGIs below $25k, 1.0% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 54.8%

Here:	55%
State:	47%

(% for various income ranges: 51.3% for AGIs below $25k, 52.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 88.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 66.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 97538, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $30,164 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$30,164
State:	$46,788

Salary/wage: $24,933 (reported on 69.4% of returns)

Here:	$24,933
State:	$39,788

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 108.1% for AGIs below $10k, 66.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 62.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 74.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 57.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 21.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $2,669 (reported on 44.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$2,669
Oregon:	$2,126

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 15.3% for AGIs below $10k, 3.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 8.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $1,888 (reported on 16.4% of returns)

Here:	$1,888
State:	$3,427

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.9% for AGIs below $10k, 0.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.6% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$12,155 (reported on 15.8% of returns)

Here:	+$12,155
State:	+$12,447

(% of AGI for various income ranges: -6.4% for AGIs below $10k, 0.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 4.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 22.9% for AGIs over 100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$2,021 (reported on 17.7% of returns)

Here:	+$2,021
State:	+$11,682

(% of AGI for various income ranges: -31.3% for AGIs below $10k, 7.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 5.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, -2.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, -6.6% for AGIs $75k-100k)

IRA payment deduction: $3,167 (reported on 2.2% of returns)

97538:	$3,167
Oregon:	$3,035

Total itemized deductions: $16,004 (29% of AGI, reported on 27.7% of returns)

Here:	$16,004
State:	$20,209

Here:	29.4% of AGI
State:	24.7% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 26.0% for AGIs below $10k, 14.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 14.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 16.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 19.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 11.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $2,339 (4% of AGI, reported on 20.1% of returns)

Here:	$2,339
State:	$3,145

Here:	4.1% of AGI
State:	3.6% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.1% for AGIs below $10k, 2.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 2.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $3,582 (reported on 64.6% of returns)

97538:	$3,582
State:	$7,148

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.6% for AGIs below $10k, 3.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 11.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $1,720 (reported on 23.6% of returns)

Here:	$1,720
State:	$1,605

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 62.4%

Here:	62%
State:	53%

(% for various income ranges: 58.0% for AGIs below $10k, 58.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 64.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 65.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 82.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 95.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 97543, 97531, 97523, 97527, 97534, 97532.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 102
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 701

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 50 (50 now married, 0 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 269 (218 now married, 44 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 97538 with a mortgage: 457 (14 second mortgage, 15 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,550
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $364

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 97538 household income distribution in 2022

• 67Less than $10,000
• 48$10,000 to $14,999
• 47$15,000 to $19,999
• 65$20,000 to $24,999
• 39$25,000 to $29,999
• 69$35,000 to $39,999
• 92$40,000 to $44,999
• 80$50,000 to $59,999
• 63$60,000 to $74,999
• 164$75,000 to $99,999
• 17$125,000 to $149,999
• 16$150,000 to $199,999
• 42$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 97538

• 11Less than $10,000
• 19$10,000 to $14,999
• 49$150,000 to $174,999
• 36$175,000 to $199,999
• 85$200,000 to $249,999
• 49$250,000 to $299,999
• 117$300,000 to $399,999
• 85$400,000 to $499,999
• 101$500,000 to $749,999
• 29$750,000 to $999,999
• 45$2,000,000 or more

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 97538

• 9$450 to $499
• 14$550 to $599
• 4$900 to $999
• 28No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $766.

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $483,990.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $360,079
• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $74,602
• Two or more races householders: $373,010
• Hispanic or Latino householders: $428,382

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $329,244 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $241,326 - $493,045

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $605,756

Here:	$605,756
State:	$562,872

Mobile homes: $418,986

Here:	$418,986
State:	$214,044

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 738
• Mobile homes: 214
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 47

Unemployment: 8.4%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 97538

• 78.8%522Drove a car alone
• 9.7%64Carpooled
• 9.5%63Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 97538

• 65 to 9 minutes
• 2710 to 14 minutes
• 23515 to 19 minutes
• 420 to 24 minutes
• 6430 to 34 minutes
• 1135 to 39 minutes
• 3940 to 44 minutes
• 8045 to 59 minutes
• 11260 to 89 minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 92.4%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 2,118

• Male householders: 386 (117 living alone), Female householders: 420 (135 living alone)

• 536 spouses (536 opposite-sex spouses), 0 unmarried partners, (0 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 552 children (415 natural, 36 adopted, 98 stepchildren), 54 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 34 parents, 0 foster children, 115 other relatives, 9 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 3 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 181 2-persons, 120 3-persons, 146 4-persons, 61 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 26 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 252 1-person

449 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households ().

96.3% of residents of 97538 zip code speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% very well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% very well).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% very well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• BULK TRANSPORTATION SPILL SITE (HWY 199 @ MP 23 JCT GOLD CANYO in SELMA, OR)

  (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Organizations: BULK TRANSPORTATION A CALIFORNIA CORP (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1.8%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2.0%

Population in 1990: 2,065.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 605
• Northeast: 137
• Midwest: 139
• South: 203
• West: 946

58% of the 97538 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Oregon.

83% of the 97538 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 9% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 13% moved from different state.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): Students in private undergraduate colleges:

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Information: Internet Publishing and Broadcasting (10-19 employees: 1 establishment)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (10-19: 1)
• Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Landscaping Services (5-9: 1)
• Wholesale Trade: Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (5-9: 1)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (5-9: 1)
• Construction: Painting and Wall Covering Contractors (1-4: 3)
• Construction: Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (1-4: 2)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 18. The highest number of fires - 35 took place in 2008, and the least - 5 in 2013. The data has a dropping trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (55.7%), and Structure Fires (27.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zip Code 97538
• 16755.7%Outside Fires
• 8127.0%Structure Fires
• 4314.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 93.0%Other

See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for zip code 97538, Oregon

Most common first names in zip code 97538 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
Robert	18	75.8 years
John	13	70.2 years
James	12	70.1 years
William	12	73.3 years
Mary	11	78.4 years
George	9	67.7 years
Richard	9	68.0 years
Charles	7	70.1 years
Raymond	7	74.9 years
Harold	7	74.7 years

Most common last names in zip code 97538 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Smith	11	73.2 years
Hoffman	5	73.6 years
Miller	5	73.4 years
Krauss	4	72.5 years
Seifert	4	77.8 years
Wilson	4	69.2 years
Golden	3	89.6 years
Graves	3	76.7 years
Allen	3	71.0 years
Marshall	3	82.4 years

Businesses in zip code 97538

• FedEx: 1