Selmont-West Selmont vs Valley Grande

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

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

Valley Grande has the higher population (4,106 vs 2,121 in Selmont-West Selmont). Valley Grande has the higher median household income ($61,141 vs $32,365 in Selmont-West Selmont). Valley Grande has the higher median home value ($126,700 vs $52,200 in Selmont-West Selmont).

Population, income & housing

	Selmont-West Selmont	Valley Grande
Population	2,121	4,106
Median age	32.7 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$32,365	$61,141
Median home value	$52,200	$126,700
Median gross rent	$498	$908
Housing units	963	1,661
Homeownership rate	87.4%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Selmont-West Selmont	Valley Grande
Population	1,812 → 2,121 (+17.1%)	3,708 → 4,106 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$28,665 → $32,365 (+12.9%)	$63,325 → $61,141 (-3.4%)
Median home value	$34,400 → $52,200 (+51.7%)	$143,600 → $126,700 (-11.8%)
Median gross rent	$710 → $498 (-29.9%)	$681 → $908 (+33.3%)

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

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)

	Selmont-West Selmont	Valley Grande
Under 5	6.6%	4.1%
5 to 17	11.9%	21.7%
18 to 24	10.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	23.6%	6.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.9%
45 to 54	6.5%	17.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	16.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.4%
75 and over	3.2%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Selmont-West Selmont	Valley Grande
White (non-Hispanic)	2.1%	67.1%
Black or African American	84.1%	27.4%
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	13.8%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Selmont-West Selmont	Valley Grande
No high school diploma	9.6%	7.9%
High school graduate	46.8%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Selmont-West Selmont	Valley Grande
Drove alone	90.3%	86.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	6.4%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Selmont-West Selmont	Valley Grande
1-unit, detached	52.3%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	40.5%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Selmont-West Selmont	Valley Grande
Poverty rate	30.3%	22.8%
Average household size	3.01	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	40	24
Median year structure built	1974	1990