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The median home value in Selma, NC is $275,725 as of 2026-07-31, up 0.4% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$275,725
Year-over-Year
+0.4%
Population
7,244
Selma ranks #64 of 101 North Carolina cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 10.9% below the state's city median of $309,616. It sits in Johnston County, where the county-wide median is $344,484.
Median household income in Selma is $41,368, so the typical home value is about 6.7× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Selma police recorded a violent crime rate of 1,049 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,388 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Selma, that value is $275,725. That's up 0.4% from a year earlier. It is about 10.9% below the typical North Carolina city tracked here.
Homes in Selma are cheaper than Johnston County as a whole, where the median is $344,484 — a difference of about 20.0%.
Median household income here is $41,368, so the typical home value is about 6.7× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Selma police reported 1,049 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 7,244. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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