Selma vs Selmont-West Selmont

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

Selma 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.

Selma has the higher population (17,442 vs 2,121 in Selmont-West Selmont). Selmont-West Selmont has the higher median household income ($32,365 vs $32,184 in Selma). Selma has the higher median home value ($102,500 vs $52,200 in Selmont-West Selmont).

Population, income & housing

	Selma	Selmont-West Selmont
Population	17,442	2,121
Median age	39.4 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$32,184	$32,365
Median home value	$102,500	$52,200
Median gross rent	$723	$498
Housing units	9,449	963
Homeownership rate	46.1%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Selma	Selmont-West Selmont
Population	18,276 → 17,442 (-4.6%)	1,812 → 2,121 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$27,030 → $32,184 (+19.1%)	$28,665 → $32,365 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$87,300 → $102,500 (+17.4%)	$34,400 → $52,200 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $723 (+18.1%)	$710 → $498 (-29.9%)

Selma

Population

18,27617,442

Median household income

$27,030$32,184

Median home value

$87,300$102,500

Median gross rent

$612$723

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)

	Selma	Selmont-West Selmont
Under 5	7.7%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	11.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	23.6%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	6.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.2%
75 and over	8.1%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Selma	Selmont-West Selmont
White (non-Hispanic)	16.0%	2.1%
Black or African American	81.0%	84.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	13.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Selma	Selmont-West Selmont
No high school diploma	11.7%	9.6%
High school graduate	35.0%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Selma	Selmont-West Selmont
Drove alone	81.8%	90.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	7.4%
Public transit	0.7%	2.2%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Selma	Selmont-West Selmont
1-unit, detached	63.8%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.8%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	40.5%

Poverty & households

	Selma	Selmont-West Selmont
Poverty rate	28.3%	30.3%
Average household size	2.19	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	24	40
Median year structure built	1969	1974