Muncie vs Selma

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

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

Muncie has the higher population (64,739 vs 833 in Selma). Selma has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $43,395 in Muncie). Selma has the higher median home value ($99,800 vs $92,000 in Muncie).

Population, income & housing

	Muncie	Selma
Population	64,739	833
Median age	29.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,395	$62,500
Median home value	$92,000	$99,800
Median gross rent	$867	$913
Housing units	30,622	336
Homeownership rate	51.5%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muncie	Selma
Population	68,750 → 64,739 (-5.8%)	890 → 833 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$33,944 → $43,395 (+27.8%)	$46,974 → $62,500 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $92,000 (+25.2%)	$81,700 → $99,800 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $867 (+20.1%)	$600 → $913 (+52.2%)

Muncie

Population

68,75064,739

Median household income

$33,944$43,395

Median home value

$73,500$92,000

Median gross rent

$722$867

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)

	Muncie	Selma
Under 5	4.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	11.4%	22.0%
18 to 24	28.1%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	9.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.6%	16.6%
55 to 64	10.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.4%
75 and over	5.8%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muncie	Selma
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	95.6%
Black or African American	8.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muncie	Selma
No high school diploma	11.0%	10.1%
High school graduate	35.4%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muncie	Selma
Drove alone	72.4%	82.7%
Carpooled	12.4%	15.5%
Public transit	1.9%	0.8%
Walked	6.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	1.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muncie	Selma
1-unit, detached	63.5%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	2.4%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Muncie	Selma
Poverty rate	29.6%	26.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1962	1963