Merlin vs Selma

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

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

Merlin has the higher population (1,355 vs 654 in Selma). Merlin has the higher median household income ($66,342 vs $44,161 in Selma). Merlin has the higher median home value ($419,100 vs $236,200 in Selma).

Population, income & housing

	Merlin	Selma
Population	1,355	654
Median age	53.2 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,342	$44,161
Median home value	$419,100	$236,200
Median gross rent	$1,090	—
Housing units	595	306
Homeownership rate	93.8%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merlin	Selma
Population	1,922 → 1,355 (-29.5%)	591 → 654 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$57,157 → $66,342 (+16.1%)	$60,990 → $44,161 (-27.6%)
Median home value	$313,100 → $419,100 (+33.9%)	$272,000 → $236,200 (-13.2%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $1,090 (+61.0%)	—

Merlin

Population

1,9221,355

Median household income

$57,157$66,342

Median home value

$313,100$419,100

Median gross rent

$677$1,090

Selma

Population

591654

Median household income

$60,990$44,161

Median home value

$272,000$236,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merlin	Selma
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	28.3%
18 to 24	1.3%	1.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	15.9%
35 to 44	7.5%	20.6%
45 to 54	17.0%	3.7%
55 to 64	19.0%	18.5%
65 to 74	16.3%	7.2%
75 and over	12.9%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merlin	Selma
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merlin	Selma
No high school diploma	21.2%	8.3%
High school graduate	25.4%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merlin	Selma
Drove alone	93.6%	91.9%
Carpooled	0.2%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merlin	Selma
1-unit, detached	74.6%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.4%	22.5%

Poverty & households

	Merlin	Selma
Poverty rate	8.5%	12.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	36	24
Median year structure built	1990	1969