Sanger vs Selma

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

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

Sanger has the higher population (26,515 vs 24,586 in Selma). Sanger has the higher median household income ($74,428 vs $55,839 in Selma). Sanger has the higher median home value ($346,000 vs $288,700 in Selma).

Population, income & housing

	Sanger	Selma
Population	26,515	24,586
Median age	31.0 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,428	$55,839
Median home value	$346,000	$288,700
Median gross rent	$1,131	$1,202
Housing units	7,751	7,985
Homeownership rate	63.4%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sanger	Selma
Population	25,074 → 26,515 (+5.7%)	24,675 → 24,586 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$48,929 → $74,428 (+52.1%)	$40,815 → $55,839 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$218,900 → $346,000 (+58.1%)	$186,300 → $288,700 (+55.0%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,131 (+19.1%)	$899 → $1,202 (+33.7%)

Sanger

Population

25,07426,515

Median household income

$48,929$74,428

Median home value

$218,900$346,000

Median gross rent

$950$1,131

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)

	Sanger	Selma
Under 5	8.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	20.7%	20.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	11.2%
25 to 34	17.2%	14.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	8.9%	10.5%
65 to 74	5.5%	8.0%
75 and over	5.1%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sanger	Selma
White (non-Hispanic)	16.5%	11.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	3.1%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	1.7%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	78.1%	82.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sanger	Selma
No high school diploma	27.2%	28.3%
High school graduate	28.1%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sanger	Selma
Drove alone	80.6%	81.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	10.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.6%
Walked	2.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	5.1%	3.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sanger	Selma
1-unit, detached	79.4%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	8.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Sanger	Selma
Poverty rate	14.1%	19.8%
Average household size	3.60	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1982	1979