Being a small town, Selma does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Selma are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.05% of adults in Selma have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Selma in 2018 was $20,101, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $80,404 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 24.53% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Selma include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Selma is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Scandinavian languages.
