Sublimity, Oregon.
Typical home $574,035 (+0.8% in a year). Salem, OR metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,585 (+111%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,812 +1%
- $569,222$574,035 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $76,856 +15%
- $497,179$574,035 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Sublimity$3,013
- Oregon$2,586
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 24 years.
Typical home values in Sublimity, OR rose 0.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Sublimity, Marion County, Oregon
Sublimity is a city of 2,967 people in Marion County. Half its households earn more than $77,969 a year and half less, against $77,351 across Marion County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. 73% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 27% are rented. Unemployment in Marion County was 5.1% in August 2026, and the county had 2.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then government.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Sublimity is a small city in Marion County, with a population that is easy to know by sight. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and incomes run a little above the county's. Winters are cool and damp, with December the coldest month, while August is the warmest and still pleasantly mild by summer standards. Rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year, so the surroundings stay green.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with government, the building trades and shops also employing many. Among the larger workplaces in Sublimity are Power Chevrolet, Siegmund Excavation & Construction and Sublimity School. The typical commute is a moderate one, and some people work from home.
Things to do. Silver Falls State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away, and so is the Prewitt–Allen Archaeological Museum. The Little North Santiam River, also a short drive, offers a place to spend time along the water. The Hallie Ford Museum of Art is a longer drive away for those who want a larger collection.
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- 1,289households
- 33%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 13%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Marion County had 175,778 jobs in 2025, 2.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 46° and lows near 34°; warmest in August, with highs near 81° and lows near 53°. About 53 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Stayton weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Sublimity
- Power ChevroletAutomobile dealers, new only or new and used94
- Siegmund Excavation & ConstructionOverpass construction68
- Power MotorSportsOff-road all-terrain vehicles, wheeled or tracked, dealers50
- Sublimity SchoolPublic school46
- Marian EstatesAssisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities37
- Marian EstatesRetirement homes without nursing care23
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 355 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- EarthquakesRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Sublimity’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Marion County and the Salem, OR metro.
Sublimity home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Sublimity$574,035
- Oregon$492,753
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 2 Sublimity listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Sublimity41.97%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Sublimity21
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Sublimity6
Zip codes with a Sublimity address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Sublimity — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.