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Selma township, Johnston County, NC

13,048 Population
30 square miles 435.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Johnston County: 38.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,353 ±$2,889 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Johnston County: $36,673 ±$1,045
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$48,260 ±$7,217 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Johnston County: $79,838 ±$2,522
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

19.5% ±5% (2,537  ±719) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Johnston County: 11.2% † 25,065 (±1.3% / ±2,847)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

30.2 minutes ±3.4 (168,770  ±31,589) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Johnston County: 32.5 3,096,390 (±0.9 / ±100,436)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

4,747 ±489 Number of households
  • Johnston County: 82,293 ±726
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.7 ±0.1 (13,026  ±1,488) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Johnston County: 2.7 224,738 (±0 / ±64)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

8.5% ±4.2% (318  ±164) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Johnston County: 6.5% † 3,517 (±1.3% / ±691)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

5,128 ±489 Number of housing units
  • Johnston County: 88,314 ±69
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$176,800 ±$26,393 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Johnston County: $267,600 ±$6,511
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

8.3% ±3.4% (1,063  ±451.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Johnston County: 9.8% † 21,831 (±1.1% / ±2,375.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

80% ±1.2% (6,775  ±802.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Johnston County: 89.5% 135,548 (±2.2% / ±3,286.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
16.1% ±3.1% (1,365  ±305.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Johnston County: 27.6% 41,857 (±1.2% / ±1,849.3)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

15% ±5% (1,959  ±690) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Johnston County: 8.5% 19,235
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.7% ±2.3% (745  ±232) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Johnston County: 8.2% 13,968 (±0.6% / ±1,067)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
745 Total veterans ±232 623 Male ±213 122 Female ±68

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