Parlier vs Selma

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

Parlier 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 14,545 in Parlier). Selma has the higher median household income ($55,839 vs $50,910 in Parlier). Selma has the higher median home value ($288,700 vs $236,100 in Parlier).

Population, income & housing

	Parlier	Selma
Population	14,545	24,586
Median age	27.0 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,910	$55,839
Median home value	$236,100	$288,700
Median gross rent	$1,059	$1,202
Housing units	3,847	7,985
Homeownership rate	44.0%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parlier	Selma
Population	15,312 → 14,545 (-5.0%)	24,675 → 24,586 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$34,905 → $50,910 (+45.9%)	$40,815 → $55,839 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$161,600 → $236,100 (+46.1%)	$186,300 → $288,700 (+55.0%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $1,059 (+23.6%)	$899 → $1,202 (+33.7%)

Parlier

Population

15,31214,545

Median household income

$34,905$50,910

Median home value

$161,600$236,100

Median gross rent

$857$1,059

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)

	Parlier	Selma
Under 5	8.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	26.6%	20.4%
18 to 24	10.9%	11.2%
25 to 34	15.1%	14.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	8.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	8.9%	10.5%
65 to 74	4.8%	8.0%
75 and over	3.5%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parlier	Selma
White (non-Hispanic)	1.3%	11.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	1.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	97.9%	82.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parlier	Selma
No high school diploma	48.3%	28.3%
High school graduate	28.7%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parlier	Selma
Drove alone	74.2%	81.8%
Carpooled	23.9%	10.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.6%
Walked	0.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	0.7%	3.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parlier	Selma
1-unit, detached	60.2%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	8.0%
20 or more units	10.1%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Parlier	Selma
Poverty rate	29.9%	19.8%
Average household size	4.05	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1989	1979