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Selmer, TN

4,488 Population
9.5 square miles 470 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±7.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McNairy County: 42.9 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,994 ±$4,105 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in McNairy County: $27,905 ±$1,404
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,591 ±$11,212 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in McNairy County: $53,473 ±$3,675
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.6% ±8.7% (1,014  ±373) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in McNairy County: 16.5% † 4,225 (±2.7% / ±683)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.8 minutes ±4.6 (35,410  ±9,648) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in McNairy County: 26.8 257,670 (±1.4 / ±17,924)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,862 ±194 Number of households
  • McNairy County: 9,939 ±311
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (4,286  ±16) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McNairy County: 2.6 25,656 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

25.1% ±15.9% (228  ±149) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in McNairy County: 7.9% † 428 (±2.9% / ±158)
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,400 ±216 Number of housing units
  • McNairy County: 12,327 ±45
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$155,900 ±$27,747 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in McNairy County: $161,800 ±$8,330
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.9% ±4.1% (355  ±182.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in McNairy County: 6.4% † 1,640 (±1.3% / ±345)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.3% ±11.5% (2,998  ±445.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in McNairy County: 88.4% 16,202 (±3.9% / ±725.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.2% ±5.3% (506  ±178.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in McNairy County: 13% † 2,390 (±1.6% / ±298.5)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.2% ±1.3% (53  ±60) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in McNairy County: 1.1% 295
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.8% ±2.2% (172  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in McNairy County: 6.8% † 1,372 (±1.1% / ±219)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
172 Total veterans ±77 172 Male ±77 N/A Female ±14

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