Converse vs Selma

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

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

Converse has the higher population (28,764 vs 11,302 in Selma). Selma has the higher median household income ($97,153 vs $88,060 in Converse). Selma has the higher median home value ($288,700 vs $240,100 in Converse).

Population, income & housing

	Converse	Selma
Population	28,764	11,302
Median age	33.9 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$88,060	$97,153
Median home value	$240,100	$288,700
Median gross rent	$1,601	$1,796
Housing units	10,107	4,179
Homeownership rate	73.7%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Converse	Selma
Population	26,930 → 28,764 (+6.8%)	10,419 → 11,302 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$72,911 → $88,060 (+20.8%)	$73,175 → $97,153 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$165,400 → $240,100 (+45.2%)	$188,300 → $288,700 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,208 → $1,601 (+32.5%)	$1,442 → $1,796 (+24.5%)

Converse

Population

26,93028,764

Median household income

$72,911$88,060

Median home value

$165,400$240,100

Median gross rent

$1,208$1,601

Selma

Population

10,41911,302

Median household income

$73,175$97,153

Median home value

$188,300$288,700

Median gross rent

$1,442$1,796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Converse	Selma
Under 5	6.3%	9.7%
5 to 17	22.0%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.0%	16.6%
35 to 44	16.0%	17.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	10.2%	11.1%
65 to 74	8.6%	6.7%
75 and over	3.1%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Converse	Selma
White (non-Hispanic)	29.1%	38.7%
Black or African American	19.5%	23.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	4.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	41.3%	30.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Converse	Selma
No high school diploma	7.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	24.7%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Converse	Selma
Drove alone	76.1%	73.6%
Carpooled	9.2%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	18.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Converse	Selma
1-unit, detached	87.2%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	14.9%
20 or more units	2.3%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Converse	Selma
Poverty rate	13.8%	7.7%
Average household size	2.88	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	2003	2010