Selma vs Yorktown

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

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

Yorktown has the higher population (11,617 vs 833 in Selma). Yorktown has the higher median household income ($81,765 vs $62,500 in Selma). Yorktown has the higher median home value ($182,000 vs $99,800 in Selma).

Population, income & housing

	Selma	Yorktown
Population	833	11,617
Median age	36.8 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$81,765
Median home value	$99,800	$182,000
Median gross rent	$913	$863
Housing units	336	4,942
Homeownership rate	72.6%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Selma	Yorktown
Population	890 → 833 (-6.4%)	11,143 → 11,617 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$46,974 → $62,500 (+33.1%)	$65,395 → $81,765 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $99,800 (+22.2%)	$141,900 → $182,000 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $913 (+52.2%)	$778 → $863 (+10.9%)

Selma

Population

890833

Median household income

$46,974$62,500

Median home value

$81,700$99,800

Median gross rent

$600$913

Yorktown

Population

11,14311,617

Median household income

$65,395$81,765

Median home value

$141,900$182,000

Median gross rent

$778$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Selma	Yorktown
Under 5	5.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	22.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.1%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.7%
45 to 54	16.6%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	9.6%
75 and over	4.4%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Selma	Yorktown
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Selma	Yorktown
No high school diploma	10.1%	4.1%
High school graduate	46.9%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Selma	Yorktown
Drove alone	82.7%	83.6%
Carpooled	15.5%	7.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Selma	Yorktown
1-unit, detached	90.8%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Selma	Yorktown
Poverty rate	26.8%	4.2%
Average household size	2.61	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1963	1973