Clovis vs Selma

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

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

Clovis has the higher population (122,719 vs 24,586 in Selma). Clovis has the higher median household income ($100,360 vs $55,839 in Selma). Clovis has the higher median home value ($453,300 vs $288,700 in Selma).

Population, income & housing

	Clovis	Selma
Population	122,719	24,586
Median age	35.3 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$100,360	$55,839
Median home value	$453,300	$288,700
Median gross rent	$1,662	$1,202
Housing units	42,437	7,985
Homeownership rate	66.2%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clovis	Selma
Population	109,160 → 122,719 (+12.4%)	24,675 → 24,586 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$77,904 → $100,360 (+28.8%)	$40,815 → $55,839 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$324,600 → $453,300 (+39.6%)	$186,300 → $288,700 (+55.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,210 → $1,662 (+37.4%)	$899 → $1,202 (+33.7%)

Clovis

Population

109,160122,719

Median household income

$77,904$100,360

Median home value

$324,600$453,300

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,662

Selma

Population

24,67524,586

Median household income

$40,815$55,839

Median home value

$186,300$288,700

Median gross rent

$899$1,202

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clovis	Selma
Under 5	6.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	22.5%	20.4%
18 to 24	7.2%	11.2%
25 to 34	13.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	14.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.1%	10.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.0%
75 and over	5.5%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clovis	Selma
White (non-Hispanic)	47.0%	11.2%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	13.4%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	1.7%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	32.3%	82.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clovis	Selma
No high school diploma	7.9%	28.3%
High school graduate	19.9%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clovis	Selma
Drove alone	77.5%	81.8%
Carpooled	9.6%	10.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.6%
Walked	0.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	2.7%
Worked from home	10.8%	3.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clovis	Selma
1-unit, detached	75.7%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	8.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Clovis	Selma
Poverty rate	7.4%	19.8%
Average household size	2.97	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1995	1979