Herren Crossing · Salem
For Sale · Inside Salem City Limits

Ninety acres.
Inside Salem.
The last of its kind.

Sixty buildable acres inside thirty acres of mature oak groves, walking trails, and natural slopes. Cascade School District. Corban University adjacent. Sunset views over the Willamette Valley.

Gross
90.24 ac
Buildable
≈ 60 ac
Zoning
RS
Plat
Tentative · Complete
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Not production dirt. Amenity-anchored residential acreage inside a city that built the wrong kind for thirty years.

Salem has never had a master-planned community of this character. There are subdivisions. There are view lots. There are school districts. There is no single parcel that stacks all three at this scale, inside city limits, with entitlements nearly in hand.

Ninety acres along Turner Road SE, part of the 388-acre Herren Crossing assemblage. Sixty buildable acres of gently rolling, south-facing ground — supportable at three to four units per acre in current RS configuration, with missing-middle flexibility available under HB 2001.

The remaining thirty acres are the product. Mature oak groves that would cost a developer half a million dollars to plant and fifty years to grow. Natural slopes that produce genuine view lots. Walking trails that define the community before a single home is framed. These are not constraints being designed around. They are the reason every home on the buildable sixty sells at a premium.

Tentative plat is complete. Partition recording is imminent. City water, sewer, and PGE distribution sit at the property line. The site is — for all practical purposes — shovel-ready for the right buyer with the right product vision.

Address
Herren CrossingTurner Rd SE · Salem, OR 97302
Gross
90.24 acresLots 4 & 5 · RS parcel
Buildable
~60 acresNet of oak, slope, trails
Zoning
RSResidential Single-family
Yield
180–240 lots@ 3–4 du/acre net buildable
Entitlement
Tentative plat completePartition recording imminent
Utilities
At the lineWater · Sewer · PGE distribution
Jurisdiction
City of SalemInside city limits

The 97302 demographic is the strongest zip code in Salem, Oregon. The data isn't soft.

$85,833
Median Household Income
SE Salem 97302 — meaningfully above Salem city ($75,487) and Marion County ($77,351).
13.1%
Households Over $200K
Against 9.4% for Salem city and 9.2% for Marion County overall.
$114,512
Average Household Income
The move-up buyer lives here. The data supports $550K–$700K product comfortably.
29/ 140
Cascade School District Rank
Top tier in Oregon. Test scores outperform every nearby Salem-Keizer high school.
90–94%
Cascade Graduation Rate
Well above Oregon state average of 81%. Reading proficiency in state's top 20%.
$433K
Salem Median Home Value
+4.5% YoY South Salem. Premium product at Herren Crossing absorbs above median.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 5-year estimates via incomebyzipcode.com · SchoolDigger & U.S. News 2023–24 Oregon public school rankings · City-Data.com Salem profile 2024 · Oregon Department of Education.

Why this land commands a premium where production subdivisions cannot follow.

01

Cascade School District

  • State ranking 29 / 140
  • HS statewide rank 78 / 268
  • Reading proficiency Top 20%
  • Graduation rate 90–94%
  • Outperforms every nearby Salem-Keizer high school in ELA, math, and science
02

The Buyer Profile

  • 97302 median HHI $85,833
  • 97302 avg HHI $114,512
  • $200K+ households 13.1%
  • Salem median home $433K
  • Move-up demand unmet for amenity-driven detached product in this district
03

The Site Itself

  • Inside Salem city limits
  • Adjacent to Corban University
  • Mature oak groves
  • Natural sunset views over the valley
  • Walking trails & private slopes as permanent amenity
04

The Entitlement

  • Tentative plat complete
  • Partition recording imminent
  • City utilities at line
  • Three-year entitlement work done
  • Shovel-ready for right product vision

Ten minutes from everything. Ninety acres from nothing.

Corban UniversityPrivate 4-yr liberal arts
Adjacent
I-5 InterchangeKuebler Blvd / Santiam Hwy
~5min
Costco WholesaleSouth Salem
~8min
Downtown SalemState Capitol & core
~12min
Minto-Brown / River Parks1,200+ ac trail system
~10min
Salem AirportSLE
~15min
Portland (PDX)International airport
~60min
Oregon CoastLincoln City
~75min

Drive times approximate. Salem is Oregon's state capital, third-largest city (pop. 178,865), and the economic center of the mid-Willamette Valley.

Looking for a builder who sees this for what it is.

We are seller, developer, and long-time Salem principals. Twenty-five-plus years in the Willamette Valley, twenty-six properties, over one million rentable square feet. This parcel is part of our 388-acre Herren Crossing site. We are selling it to fund our own adjacent build.

We are open to monthly lease-option with purchase right, rolling takedown, or structured JV — whatever reflects the value of amenity-anchored residential land inside Salem city limits, in Oregon's top-tier school district, in 97302's move-up demographic, with the entitlement timeline three years ahead of anything comparable.

We're not looking for a production national paying production pricing. We are looking for a builder who understands premium positioning — and wants first look before the broader process opens.