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Selmer town, Tennessee: commercial real estate data.
Selmer town is a Census town of 4,488 people across 9.55 square miles of land, in McNairy County. Median household income is $51,591, 69.3 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Selmer
What Selmer is
- Census place typetown
- Land area9.55 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land470
- County holding the largest share of its areaMcNairy 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.
Selmer
How many people live in Selmer
- Population4,488
- Median age39.6
- Population under 18869 plus or minus 201
- Share under 1819.4 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Population 65 and over880 plus or minus 225
- Share 65 and over19.6 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Households1,862
- Family households1,014
- Share of households that are families54.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Selmer
Income and work in Selmer
- Median household income$51,591 plus or minus $11,212
- Per capita income$26,994
- Civilian labor force1,679
- Employed1,622
- Unemployed57 plus or minus 60
- Unemployment rate3.4 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Adults 25 and over3,322
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.2 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.1 percent plus or minus 3.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Selmer
Housing in Selmer
- Housing units2,400
- Occupied units1,862
- Vacant units538 plus or minus 186
- Vacancy rate22.4 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Owner occupied1,290
- Renter occupied572 plus or minus 190
- Ownership rate69.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$155,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$674
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.7 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Single family units1,950
- Share single family81.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more197 plus or minus 111
- Share in buildings of two or more8.2 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Mobile homes253 plus or minus 160
- Median year structure built1977
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Selmer
How Selmer gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,627
- Commuting under 15 minutes767 plus or minus 268
- Share commuting under 15 minutes47.1 percent plus or minus 14.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more543 plus or minus 195
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more33.4 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Drove alone72.4 percent
- Carpooled22.5 percent plus or minus 11.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.5 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Worked from home3.6 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Selmer
SBA 504 lending to Selmer borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$431,000
- Average approval$215,500
- Median approval$224,000
- Largest approval$224,000
- Jobs supported0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off1
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
McNairy County, not Selmer
McNairy County context, not Selmer figures
These are McNairy County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Selmer measurements.
- Establishments in McNairy County436
- Employment at those establishments, McNairy County4,294
- Covered employment, McNairy County5,600
- Average annual pay, McNairy County$44,747
- Average weekly wage, McNairy County$861
- Housing units permitted, McNairy County7
- Of those, single family, McNairy County7
- County product, 2024, McNairy County$786,671,000
- County product change over the prior year, McNairy County7.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, McNairy County$51,618
Every figure in this section is published for McNairy County as a whole and is not a measurement of Selmer. 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
Selmer questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Selmer, Tennessee?
4,488, in 1,862 households. Selmer town covers 9.55 square miles of land, which is 470 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Selmer in?
McNairy 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 Selmer?
$51,591. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $155,900. Median gross rent is $674 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Selmer figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for McNairy 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 Selmer.
Is zoning published for Selmer?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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