Finger vs Selmer

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

Finger 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 600 in Finger). Finger has the higher median household income ($55,556 vs $48,092 in Selmer). Selmer has the higher median home value ($111,600 vs $92,800 in Finger).

Population, income & housing

	Finger	Selmer
Population	600	4,456
Median age	29.7 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,556	$48,092
Median home value	$92,800	$111,600
Median gross rent	$655	$671
Housing units	197	2,424
Homeownership rate	82.5%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Finger	Selmer
Population	430 → 600 (+39.5%)	4,341 → 4,456 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$37,917 → $55,556 (+46.5%)	$36,490 → $48,092 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$89,200 → $92,800 (+4.0%)	$98,700 → $111,600 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $655 (-10.0%)	$630 → $671 (+6.5%)

Finger

Population

430600

Median household income

$37,917$55,556

Median home value

$89,200$92,800

Median gross rent

$728$655

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)

	Finger	Selmer
Under 5	5.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	25.3%	9.0%
18 to 24	13.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	19.5%
35 to 44	18.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	6.2%	9.7%
55 to 64	7.3%	16.0%
65 to 74	5.7%	10.5%
75 and over	4.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Finger	Selmer
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	77.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	15.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.3%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Finger	Selmer
No high school diploma	17.7%	11.8%
High school graduate	51.8%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Finger	Selmer
Drove alone	79.2%	76.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Finger	Selmer
1-unit, detached	81.2%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Finger	Selmer
Poverty rate	10.5%	22.8%
Average household size	3.61	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1972	1976