Clifton Forge vs Selma

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

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

Clifton Forge has the higher population (3,483 vs 333 in Selma). Selma has the higher median household income ($58,603 vs $33,107 in Clifton Forge). Clifton Forge has the higher median home value ($106,900 vs $96,900 in Selma).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton Forge	Selma
Population	3,483	333
Median age	46.1 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$33,107	$58,603
Median home value	$106,900	$96,900
Median gross rent	$636	—
Housing units	1,845	139
Homeownership rate	61.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton Forge	Selma
Population	3,581 → 3,483 (-2.7%)	630 → 333 (-47.1%)
Median household income	$33,523 → $33,107 (-1.2%)	$50,625 → $58,603 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $106,900 (+35.7%)	$76,700 → $96,900 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $636 (-2.6%)	—

Clifton Forge

Population

3,5813,483

Median household income

$33,523$33,107

Median home value

$78,800$106,900

Median gross rent

$653$636

Selma

Population

630333

Median household income

$50,625$58,603

Median home value

$76,700$96,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton Forge	Selma
Under 5	6.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	27.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	12.9%
25 to 34	12.9%	5.7%
35 to 44	7.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	14.1%
55 to 64	15.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	13.6%	4.8%
75 and over	12.1%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton Forge	Selma
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	15.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton Forge	Selma
No high school diploma	14.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	43.4%	75.6%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton Forge	Selma
Drove alone	95.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	2.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton Forge	Selma
1-unit, detached	76.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clifton Forge	Selma
Poverty rate	19.3%	15.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1938	1955