Selma vs Valley Grande

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

Selma and Valley Grande 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 4,106 in Valley Grande). Valley Grande has the higher median household income ($61,141 vs $32,184 in Selma). Valley Grande has the higher median home value ($126,700 vs $102,500 in Selma).

Population, income & housing

	Selma	Valley Grande
Population	17,442	4,106
Median age	39.4 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$32,184	$61,141
Median home value	$102,500	$126,700
Median gross rent	$723	$908
Housing units	9,449	1,661
Homeownership rate	46.1%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Selma	Valley Grande
Population	18,276 → 17,442 (-4.6%)	3,708 → 4,106 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$27,030 → $32,184 (+19.1%)	$63,325 → $61,141 (-3.4%)
Median home value	$87,300 → $102,500 (+17.4%)	$143,600 → $126,700 (-11.8%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $723 (+18.1%)	$681 → $908 (+33.3%)

Selma

Population

18,27617,442

Median household income

$27,030$32,184

Median home value

$87,300$102,500

Median gross rent

$612$723

Valley Grande

Population

3,7084,106

Median household income

$63,325$61,141

Median home value

$143,600$126,700

Median gross rent

$681$908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Selma	Valley Grande
Under 5	7.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	21.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	6.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	17.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	16.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.4%
75 and over	8.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Selma	Valley Grande
White (non-Hispanic)	16.0%	67.1%
Black or African American	81.0%	27.4%
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%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Selma	Valley Grande
No high school diploma	11.7%	7.9%
High school graduate	35.0%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Selma	Valley Grande
Drove alone	81.8%	86.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	6.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	6.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Selma	Valley Grande
1-unit, detached	63.8%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	24.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Selma	Valley Grande
Poverty rate	28.3%	22.8%
Average household size	2.19	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1969	1990