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Selma, VA

146 Population
0.4 square miles 335.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±30.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Alleghany County: 48.3 ±0.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,580 ±$15,734 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alleghany County: $33,863 ±$2,957
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$-666,666,700 Median household income
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in Alleghany County: $56,188 ±$4,205
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

34.3% ±32.9% (50  ±63) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Alleghany County: 11.6% † 1,693 (±2.2% / ±325)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

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Families

79 ±59 Number of households
  • Alleghany County: 6,383 ±220
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.6 (146  ±119) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alleghany County: 2.3 14,517 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

103 ±58 Number of housing units
  • Alleghany County: 7,913 ±35
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$93,100 ±$12,279 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alleghany County: $125,800 ±$12,256
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

77.1% ±48% (74  ±72.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alleghany County: 89.6% 9,913 (±4.9% / ±554.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
N/A Bachelor's degree or higher

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

N/A Foreign-born population

N/A Population with veteran status
N/A Total veterans ±13 N/A Male ±13 N/A Female ±13

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