Gaston vs Selma

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

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

Selma has the higher population (833 vs 709 in Gaston). Selma has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $49,417 in Gaston). Selma has the higher median home value ($99,800 vs $87,300 in Gaston).

Population, income & housing

	Gaston	Selma
Population	709	833
Median age	36.2 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,417	$62,500
Median home value	$87,300	$99,800
Median gross rent	$819	$913
Housing units	305	336
Homeownership rate	74.4%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gaston	Selma
Population	875 → 709 (-19.0%)	890 → 833 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$45,357 → $49,417 (+9.0%)	$46,974 → $62,500 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$58,600 → $87,300 (+49.0%)	$81,700 → $99,800 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $819 (+9.2%)	$600 → $913 (+52.2%)

Gaston

Population

875709

Median household income

$45,357$49,417

Median home value

$58,600$87,300

Median gross rent

$750$819

Selma

Population

890833

Median household income

$46,974$62,500

Median home value

$81,700$99,800

Median gross rent

$600$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gaston	Selma
Under 5	5.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.6%	22.0%
18 to 24	12.6%	9.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	16.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	7.4%
75 and over	6.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gaston	Selma
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.6%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gaston	Selma
No high school diploma	10.5%	10.1%
High school graduate	44.7%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gaston	Selma
Drove alone	70.4%	82.7%
Carpooled	13.4%	15.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	7.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	5.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	1.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gaston	Selma
1-unit, detached	75.7%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Gaston	Selma
Poverty rate	15.0%	26.8%
Average household size	2.56	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1964	1963