Coalinga vs Selma

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

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

Selma has the higher population (24,586 vs 17,352 in Coalinga). Coalinga has the higher median household income ($78,014 vs $55,839 in Selma). Selma has the higher median home value ($288,700 vs $254,600 in Coalinga).

Population, income & housing

	Coalinga	Selma
Population	17,352	24,586
Median age	36.6 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,014	$55,839
Median home value	$254,600	$288,700
Median gross rent	$1,021	$1,202
Housing units	4,382	7,985
Homeownership rate	52.7%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coalinga	Selma
Population	16,906 → 17,352 (+2.6%)	24,675 → 24,586 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$62,522 → $78,014 (+24.8%)	$40,815 → $55,839 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$170,100 → $254,600 (+49.7%)	$186,300 → $288,700 (+55.0%)
Median gross rent	$880 → $1,021 (+16.0%)	$899 → $1,202 (+33.7%)

Coalinga

Population

16,90617,352

Median household income

$62,522$78,014

Median home value

$170,100$254,600

Median gross rent

$880$1,021

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)

	Coalinga	Selma
Under 5	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	20.4%
18 to 24	10.5%	11.2%
25 to 34	14.7%	14.9%
35 to 44	17.2%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.5%
65 to 74	6.4%	8.0%
75 and over	5.1%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coalinga	Selma
White (non-Hispanic)	24.2%	11.2%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	2.9%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	1.7%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	65.0%	82.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coalinga	Selma
No high school diploma	31.3%	28.3%
High school graduate	27.0%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coalinga	Selma
Drove alone	81.6%	81.8%
Carpooled	9.4%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	7.1%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coalinga	Selma
1-unit, detached	64.0%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	8.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Coalinga	Selma
Poverty rate	22.2%	19.8%
Average household size	3.05	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1984	1979