Selma vs Smithfield

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

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

Smithfield has the higher population (11,798 vs 6,611 in Selma). Smithfield has the higher median household income ($37,827 vs $37,440 in Selma). Smithfield has the higher median home value ($217,000 vs $161,100 in Selma).

Population, income & housing

	Selma	Smithfield
Population	6,611	11,798
Median age	33.6 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$37,440	$37,827
Median home value	$161,100	$217,000
Median gross rent	$824	$601
Housing units	2,974	5,447
Homeownership rate	43.6%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Selma	Smithfield
Population	6,746 → 6,611 (-2.0%)	12,400 → 11,798 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$27,676 → $37,440 (+35.3%)	$36,335 → $37,827 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$105,200 → $161,100 (+53.1%)	$142,200 → $217,000 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $824 (+0.5%)	$688 → $601 (-12.6%)

Selma

Population

6,7466,611

Median household income

$27,676$37,440

Median home value

$105,200$161,100

Median gross rent

$820$824

Smithfield

Population

12,40011,798

Median household income

$36,335$37,827

Median home value

$142,200$217,000

Median gross rent

$688$601

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Selma	Smithfield
Under 5	5.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	21.2%	19.1%
18 to 24	12.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	8.7%	15.8%
65 to 74	8.2%	12.4%
75 and over	6.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Selma	Smithfield
White (non-Hispanic)	22.8%	52.9%
Black or African American	42.4%	26.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	30.4%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Selma	Smithfield
No high school diploma	19.3%	21.2%
High school graduate	25.6%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	42.6%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Selma	Smithfield
Drove alone	85.4%	84.1%
Carpooled	6.6%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Selma	Smithfield
1-unit, detached	60.1%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	6.3%
20 or more units	3.1%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Selma	Smithfield
Poverty rate	27.1%	31.4%
Average household size	2.45	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1968	1973