The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Selmer has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Selmer a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small town, Selmer does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Selmer with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.40% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Selmer in 2022 was $23,311, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $93,244 for a family of four. However, Selmer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Selmer is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Selmer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Selmer residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Selmer include African, English, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Selmer is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
