Cave Junction vs Selma

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

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

Cave Junction has the higher population (1,701 vs 654 in Selma). Selma has the higher median household income ($44,161 vs $35,927 in Cave Junction). Cave Junction has the higher median home value ($252,000 vs $236,200 in Selma).

Population, income & housing

	Cave Junction	Selma
Population	1,701	654
Median age	41.7 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$35,927	$44,161
Median home value	$252,000	$236,200
Median gross rent	$1,076	—
Housing units	977	306
Homeownership rate	69.3%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave Junction	Selma
Population	2,479 → 1,701 (-31.4%)	591 → 654 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$26,250 → $35,927 (+36.9%)	$60,990 → $44,161 (-27.6%)
Median home value	$167,400 → $252,000 (+50.5%)	$272,000 → $236,200 (-13.2%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $1,076 (+23.1%)	—

Cave Junction

Population

2,4791,701

Median household income

$26,250$35,927

Median home value

$167,400$252,000

Median gross rent

$874$1,076

Selma

Population

591654

Median household income

$60,990$44,161

Median home value

$272,000$236,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave Junction	Selma
Under 5	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	28.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	1.4%
25 to 34	12.9%	15.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	20.6%
45 to 54	6.4%	3.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	18.5%
65 to 74	20.5%	7.2%
75 and over	9.1%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave Junction	Selma
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave Junction	Selma
No high school diploma	8.2%	8.3%
High school graduate	35.6%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave Junction	Selma
Drove alone	58.6%	91.9%
Carpooled	17.2%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave Junction	Selma
1-unit, detached	66.8%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	22.5%

Poverty & households

	Cave Junction	Selma
Poverty rate	42.2%	12.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1988	1969