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Selmer, TN

4,456 Population
9.5 square miles 466.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±6.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in McNairy County: 43.1 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,311 ±$3,286 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in McNairy County: $26,747 ±$1,389
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
$48,092 ±$9,508 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in McNairy County: $50,714 ±$2,838
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

22.8% ±8.9% (971  ±381) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in McNairy County: 16.1% † 4,114 (±2.9% / ±727)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

23.3 minutes ±4.7 (37,315  ±9,489) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McNairy County: 27.2 255,775 (±1.7 / ±20,635)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

1,881 ±169 Number of households
  • McNairy County: 9,806 ±285
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.3 ±0.2 (4,246  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McNairy County: 2.6 25,613 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

26.7% ±18.1% (238  ±168) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in McNairy County: 6.8% † 371 (±3% / ±166)
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)

Housing

2,424 ±223 Number of housing units
  • McNairy County: 12,278 ±36
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$111,600 ±$38,376 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in McNairy County: $151,100 ±$10,487
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

11.4% ±5.6% (509  ±247.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in McNairy County: 7.4% † 1,910 (±1.8% / ±456.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

88.2% ±12.1% (2,941  ±457.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in McNairy County: 87.4% 15,997 (±3.8% / ±714.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
11.4% ±4.5% (380  ±152.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in McNairy County: 11.8% † 2,161 (±1.5% / ±279.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 30.4% 1,460,501 (±0.2% / ±10,274.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.7% ±1% (29  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in McNairy County: 1.1% 271
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

5.9% ±3.3% (214  ±121) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in McNairy County: 6.4% † 1,304 (±1.1% / ±230)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
214 Total veterans ±121 214 Male ±121 N/A Female ±14

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