Callaghan vs Selma

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

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

Selma has the higher population (333 vs 277 in Callaghan). Callaghan has the higher median household income ($100,781 vs $58,603 in Selma). Callaghan has the higher median home value ($171,400 vs $96,900 in Selma).

Population, income & housing

	Callaghan	Selma
Population	277	333
Median age	56.3 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$100,781	$58,603
Median home value	$171,400	$96,900
Median gross rent	$912	—
Housing units	177	139
Homeownership rate	75.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Callaghan	Selma
Population	283 → 277 (-2.1%)	630 → 333 (-47.1%)
Median household income	$68,333 → $100,781 (+47.5%)	$50,625 → $58,603 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $171,400 (+30.5%)	$76,700 → $96,900 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $912 (+9.9%)	—

Callaghan

Population

283277

Median household income

$68,333$100,781

Median home value

$131,300$171,400

Median gross rent

$830$912

Selma

Population

630333

Median household income

$50,625$58,603

Median home value

$76,700$96,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Callaghan	Selma
Under 5	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	6.1%	27.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	12.9%
25 to 34	6.1%	5.7%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	42.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	13.0%	4.8%
75 and over	1.1%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Callaghan	Selma
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	10.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Callaghan	Selma
No high school diploma	1.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.5%	75.6%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Callaghan	Selma
Drove alone	73.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	14.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	0.0%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Callaghan	Selma
1-unit, detached	53.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	27.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Callaghan	Selma
Poverty rate	13.7%	15.6%
Average household size	2.20	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1960	1955