Fresno vs Selma

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

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

Fresno has the higher population (543,615 vs 24,586 in Selma). Fresno has the higher median household income ($66,804 vs $55,839 in Selma). Fresno has the higher median home value ($348,500 vs $288,700 in Selma).

Population, income & housing

	Fresno	Selma
Population	543,615	24,586
Median age	32.4 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,804	$55,839
Median home value	$348,500	$288,700
Median gross rent	$1,324	$1,202
Housing units	188,013	7,985
Homeownership rate	49.7%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fresno	Selma
Population	525,010 → 543,615 (+3.5%)	24,675 → 24,586 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$50,432 → $66,804 (+32.5%)	$40,815 → $55,839 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$242,000 → $348,500 (+44.0%)	$186,300 → $288,700 (+55.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,005 → $1,324 (+31.7%)	$899 → $1,202 (+33.7%)

Fresno

Population

525,010543,615

Median household income

$50,432$66,804

Median home value

$242,000$348,500

Median gross rent

$1,005$1,324

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)

	Fresno	Selma
Under 5	7.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	20.4%	20.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	11.2%
25 to 34	16.3%	14.9%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	9.8%	10.5%
65 to 74	7.3%	8.0%
75 and over	4.8%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fresno	Selma
White (non-Hispanic)	24.7%	11.2%
Black or African American	6.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	13.9%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	1.7%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	50.6%	82.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fresno	Selma
No high school diploma	19.9%	28.3%
High school graduate	22.9%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fresno	Selma
Drove alone	73.7%	81.8%
Carpooled	11.2%	10.8%
Public transit	1.3%	0.6%
Walked	1.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	2.7%
Worked from home	10.2%	3.5%
Other means	1.7%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fresno	Selma
1-unit, detached	61.4%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	8.0%
20 or more units	9.5%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Fresno	Selma
Poverty rate	20.9%	19.8%
Average household size	2.97	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1979	1979