Adamsville vs Selmer

A side-by-side comparison of Adamsville and Selmer: population, income, housing, and more.

Adamsville and Selmer are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Selmer has the higher population (4,456 vs 2,621 in Adamsville). Adamsville has the higher median household income ($50,833 vs $48,092 in Selmer). Adamsville has the higher median home value ($188,000 vs $111,600 in Selmer).

Population, income & housing

	Adamsville	Selmer
Population	2,621	4,456
Median age	34.6 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,833	$48,092
Median home value	$188,000	$111,600
Median gross rent	—	$671
Housing units	1,043	2,424
Homeownership rate	68.3%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adamsville	Selmer
Population	2,307 → 2,621 (+13.6%)	4,341 → 4,456 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$34,250 → $50,833 (+48.4%)	$36,490 → $48,092 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$84,800 → $188,000 (+121.7%)	$98,700 → $111,600 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$423 → $705 (+66.7%)	$630 → $671 (+6.5%)

Adamsville

Population

2,3072,621

Median household income

$34,250$50,833

Median home value

$84,800$188,000

Median gross rent

$423$705

Selmer

Population

4,3414,456

Median household income

$36,490$48,092

Median home value

$98,700$111,600

Median gross rent

$630$671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adamsville	Selmer
Under 5	5.3%	7.5%
5 to 17	24.3%	9.0%
18 to 24	11.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	9.8%	19.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	9.7%
55 to 64	6.8%	16.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.5%
75 and over	7.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adamsville	Selmer
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	15.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adamsville	Selmer
No high school diploma	10.5%	11.8%
High school graduate	45.4%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adamsville	Selmer
Drove alone	91.3%	76.7%
Carpooled	3.9%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	2.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adamsville	Selmer
1-unit, detached	72.9%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	15.3%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Adamsville	Selmer
Poverty rate	22.4%	22.8%
Average household size	2.92	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1981	1976