Live Oak vs Selma

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

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

Live Oak has the higher population (15,875 vs 11,302 in Selma). Selma has the higher median household income ($97,153 vs $78,092 in Live Oak). Selma has the higher median home value ($288,700 vs $227,800 in Live Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Live Oak	Selma
Population	15,875	11,302
Median age	34.4 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,092	$97,153
Median home value	$227,800	$288,700
Median gross rent	$1,450	$1,796
Housing units	7,064	4,179
Homeownership rate	56.4%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Live Oak	Selma
Population	15,855 → 15,875 (+0.1%)	10,419 → 11,302 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$61,294 → $78,092 (+27.4%)	$73,175 → $97,153 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$151,200 → $227,800 (+50.7%)	$188,300 → $288,700 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,133 → $1,450 (+28.0%)	$1,442 → $1,796 (+24.5%)

Live Oak

Population

15,85515,875

Median household income

$61,294$78,092

Median home value

$151,200$227,800

Median gross rent

$1,133$1,450

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)

	Live Oak	Selma
Under 5	7.9%	9.7%
5 to 17	14.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	19.4%	16.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	17.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.1%	6.7%
75 and over	5.8%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Live Oak	Selma
White (non-Hispanic)	33.1%	38.7%
Black or African American	17.8%	23.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.3%
Asian	5.8%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	39.0%	30.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Live Oak	Selma
No high school diploma	2.5%	6.0%
High school graduate	27.6%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Live Oak	Selma
Drove alone	72.5%	73.6%
Carpooled	8.2%	6.5%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	18.9%
Other means	1.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Live Oak	Selma
1-unit, detached	68.3%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	14.9%
20 or more units	10.6%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Live Oak	Selma
Poverty rate	7.5%	7.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1994	2010