Fair Oaks Ranch vs Selma

A side-by-side comparison of Fair Oaks Ranch and Selma: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Selma has the higher population (11,302 vs 10,630 in Fair Oaks Ranch). Fair Oaks Ranch has the higher median household income ($168,309 vs $97,153 in Selma). Fair Oaks Ranch has the higher median home value ($612,700 vs $288,700 in Selma).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Selma
Population	10,630	11,302
Median age	45.5 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$168,309	$97,153
Median home value	$612,700	$288,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,796
Housing units	4,130	4,179
Homeownership rate	98.5%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.0%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Selma
Population	9,944 → 10,630 (+6.9%)	10,419 → 11,302 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$128,398 → $168,309 (+31.1%)	$73,175 → $97,153 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$455,400 → $612,700 (+34.5%)	$188,300 → $288,700 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,942 → $2,316 (-21.3%)	$1,442 → $1,796 (+24.5%)

Fair Oaks Ranch

Population

9,94410,630

Median household income

$128,398$168,309

Median home value

$455,400$612,700

Median gross rent

$2,942$2,316

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)

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Selma
Under 5	3.8%	9.7%
5 to 17	23.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	3.1%	16.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	17.5%
45 to 54	14.6%	9.9%
55 to 64	17.2%	11.1%
65 to 74	11.0%	6.7%
75 and over	8.9%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Selma
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	38.7%
Black or African American	3.2%	23.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.8%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	30.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Selma
No high school diploma	0.4%	6.0%
High school graduate	11.8%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	38.7%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	29.3%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Selma
Drove alone	59.7%	73.6%
Carpooled	6.6%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.2%	18.9%
Other means	1.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Selma
1-unit, detached	98.5%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	14.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Selma
Poverty rate	3.6%	7.7%
Average household size	2.77	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	2001	2010