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Selma city, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Selma city is a Census city of 17,057 people across 13.81 square miles of land, in Dallas County. Median household income is $33,197, 46.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $8.2 m.
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Selma
What Selma is
- Census place typecity
- Land area13.81 sq mi
- Water area0.59 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,235
- County holding the largest share of its areaDallas County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Selma
How many people live in Selma
- Population17,057
- Median age38.5
- Population under 184,141
- Share under 1824.3 percent
- Population 65 and over3,193
- Share 65 and over18.7 percent
- Households7,974
- Family households4,175
- Share of households that are families52.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Selma
Income and work in Selma
- Median household income$33,197 plus or minus $7,752
- Per capita income$25,156
- Civilian labor force7,465
- Employed6,421
- Unemployed1,044 plus or minus 420
- Unemployment rate14.0 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Adults 25 and over11,455
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.5 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Selma
Housing in Selma
- Housing units9,431
- Occupied units7,974
- Vacant units1,457
- Vacancy rate15.4 percent
- Owner occupied3,665
- Renter occupied4,309
- Ownership rate46.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$96,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$713
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.8 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Single family units5,983
- Share single family63.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,319
- Share in buildings of two or more35.2 percent
- Mobile homes129 plus or minus 67
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Selma
How Selma gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,923
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,660 plus or minus 347
- Share commuting under 15 minutes28.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,635 plus or minus 386
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more27.6 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Drove alone78.7 percent
- Carpooled11.0 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Public transport1.2 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Walked2.0 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Worked from home6.8 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Selma
SBA loans in Selma (7(a))
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$8,236,500
- Average approval$1,176,643
- Median approval$800,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$4,200,000
- Largest approval$4,200,000
- Jobs supported227
- Jobs per approval32.4
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more57.1 percent
- Share to franchises28.6 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Selma
SBA loans in Selma (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$3,230,000
- Average approval$1,076,667
- Median approval$1,293,000
- Largest approval$1,560,000
- Jobs supported35
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Dallas County, not Selma
Dallas County context, not Selma figures
These are Dallas County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Selma measurements.
- Establishments in Dallas County651
- Employment at those establishments, Dallas County9,170
- Covered employment, Dallas County11,290
- Average annual pay, Dallas County$49,753
- Average weekly wage, Dallas County$957
- Housing units permitted, Dallas County6
- Of those, single family, Dallas County6
- County product, 2024, Dallas County$1,724,275,000
- County product change over the prior year, Dallas County4.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Dallas County$35,140
Every figure in this section is published for Dallas County as a whole and is not a measurement of Selma. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Selma questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Selma, Alabama?
17,057, in 7,974 households. Selma city covers 13.81 square miles of land, which is 1,235 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Selma in?
Dallas County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Selma?
$33,197. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $96,500. Median gross rent is $713 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Selma businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totalling $8.2 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $800,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $3.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Selma, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Selma borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Selma. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Selma figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Dallas County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Selma.
Is zoning published for Selma?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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