Being a small town, Selma does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Selma with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.52% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Selma in 2022 was $21,257, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,028 for a family of four. However, Selma contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Selma is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Selma home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Selma residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Selma also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.43% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Selma include Irish, German, English, African, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Selma is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Scandinavian languages.
