2025 Compare Cities Commuting:
Long Beach, CA vs Salem, OR

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- The average commute for residents of Salem is 8.0% shorter than it is for residents of Long Beach.
- 0.8% fewer residents of Salem work from home compared to residents of Long Beach.
 Long Beach, CASalem, ORUnited States
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 Long Beach, CASalem, ORUnited States
 Auto (alone)71.6%  Unlock73.2%
 Carpool  Unlock9.5%8.6%
 Mass Transit4.7%  Unlock4.2%
 Bicycle  Unlock1.4%0.5%
 Walk2.5%  Unlock2.5%
 Work at Home  Unlock10.5%9.7%
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 Long Beach, CASalem, ORUnited States
 Commute Less Than 5 min.1.0%  Unlock2.9%
 Commute 6 to 9 min.  Unlock10.4%9.5%
 Commute 10 to 14 min.10.2%  Unlock13.2%
 Commute 15 to 19 min.  Unlock21.8%15.2%
 Commute 20 to 24 min.16.2%  Unlock14.3%
 Commute 25 to 29 min.  Unlock5.0%6.7%
 Commute 30 to 34 min.17.7%  Unlock13.7%
 Commute 35 to 39 min.  Unlock1.9%3.1%
 Commute 40 to 44 min.5.0%  Unlock4.0%
 Commute 45 to 59 min.  Unlock6.0%8.2%
 Commute 60 to 89 min.9.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Commute greater than 90 min.  Unlock1.6%2.9%
Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 5 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 7 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 5 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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