Orrville vs Selmont-West Selmont

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

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

Selmont-West Selmont has the higher population (2,121 vs 120 in Orrville). Selmont-West Selmont has the higher median household income ($32,365 vs $24,531 in Orrville). Orrville has the higher median home value ($105,000 vs $52,200 in Selmont-West Selmont).

Population, income & housing

	Orrville	Selmont-West Selmont
Population	120	2,121
Median age	50.5 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$24,531	$32,365
Median home value	$105,000	$52,200
Median gross rent	$666	$498
Housing units	79	963
Homeownership rate	45.9%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	42.9%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orrville	Selmont-West Selmont
Population	154 → 120 (-22.1%)	1,812 → 2,121 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$14,118 → $24,531 (+73.8%)	$28,665 → $32,365 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $105,000 (+29.5%)	$34,400 → $52,200 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$287 → $666 (+132.1%)	$710 → $498 (-29.9%)

Orrville

Population

154120

Median household income

$14,118$24,531

Median home value

$81,100$105,000

Median gross rent

$287$666

Selmont-West Selmont

Population

1,8122,121

Median household income

$28,665$32,365

Median home value

$34,400$52,200

Median gross rent

$710$498

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orrville	Selmont-West Selmont
Under 5	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	3.3%	11.9%
18 to 24	15.8%	10.5%
25 to 34	9.2%	23.6%
35 to 44	4.2%	13.3%
45 to 54	18.3%	6.5%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	14.2%	11.2%
75 and over	20.0%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orrville	Selmont-West Selmont
White (non-Hispanic)	32.5%	2.1%
Black or African American	67.5%	84.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	13.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orrville	Selmont-West Selmont
No high school diploma	15.5%	9.6%
High school graduate	38.1%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	9.3%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orrville	Selmont-West Selmont
Drove alone	100.0%	90.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orrville	Selmont-West Selmont
1-unit, detached	65.8%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	27.8%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	40.5%

Poverty & households

	Orrville	Selmont-West Selmont
Poverty rate	19.2%	30.3%
Average household size	1.97	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	41	40
Median year structure built	1969	1974