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Selma is a tiny town of 520 people in Josephine County, Oregon. It's about 18 miles from Grants Pass, OR and 230 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 93°F and winter highs 49°F, with about 6 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $232k and rent runs about $1k a month.
520people
$232kTypical home
$1,194/moRent
93° / 49°Summer / winter
6"Snow
230Sunny days
119Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 520
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 81 people per sq mi
- 230 mi to Portland, OR
- 18 mi to Grants Pass, OR
- 18 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $232k (≈$1,460/mo)
- Median rent $1,194/mo
- Median household income $43k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 93°F
- Winter highs around 49°F
- Dry summers (dew point 48°F)
- 230 sunny days a year (126 totally clear)
- 135 cloudy days a year
- 56 of 90 winter days are gray
- 119 days a year with rain or snow
- 6" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 16 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (248 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,196 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 33
- 45% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 13% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 38 mi to MFR airport
- 234 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 113 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 82% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1963
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 1,332 ft
- 36 mi to the ocean
- 80 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 48 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 77 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 10 bars within 25 mi
- 29 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 8 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 18 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 27% of Oregon districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 14 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 42 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 17 mi to the nearest vet
- 16 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 48 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Josephine County: R+29 in 2024
- Oregon: D+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.