Orrville vs Selma

A side-by-side comparison of Orrville and Selma: population, income, housing, and more.

Orrville and Selma are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Selma has the higher population (17,442 vs 120 in Orrville). Selma has the higher median household income ($32,184 vs $24,531 in Orrville). Orrville has the higher median home value ($105,000 vs $102,500 in Selma).

Population, income & housing

	Orrville	Selma
Population	120	17,442
Median age	50.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$24,531	$32,184
Median home value	$105,000	$102,500
Median gross rent	$666	$723
Housing units	79	9,449
Homeownership rate	45.9%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	42.9%	14.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orrville	Selma
Population	154 → 120 (-22.1%)	18,276 → 17,442 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$14,118 → $24,531 (+73.8%)	$27,030 → $32,184 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $105,000 (+29.5%)	$87,300 → $102,500 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$287 → $666 (+132.1%)	$612 → $723 (+18.1%)

Orrville

Population

154120

Median household income

$14,118$24,531

Median home value

$81,100$105,000

Median gross rent

$287$666

Selma

Population

18,27617,442

Median household income

$27,030$32,184

Median home value

$87,300$102,500

Median gross rent

$612$723

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orrville	Selma
Under 5	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 17	3.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	15.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	9.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	4.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	18.3%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	14.2%	11.7%
75 and over	20.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orrville	Selma
White (non-Hispanic)	32.5%	16.0%
Black or African American	67.5%	81.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orrville	Selma
No high school diploma	15.5%	11.7%
High school graduate	38.1%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	9.3%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orrville	Selma
Drove alone	100.0%	81.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orrville	Selma
1-unit, detached	65.8%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	27.8%	24.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Orrville	Selma
Poverty rate	19.2%	28.3%
Average household size	1.97	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	41	24
Median year structure built	1969	1969