Selma has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, where Indiana as a whole has 11%. Selma has 29 jobs, and 304 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Selma; the top destination outside it is Muncie (29%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Selma, in brief
Selma is a place people come home to
There are 29 jobs based in Selma, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Selma has about 470 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
29% of Selma works in Muncie
88 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Muncie, 6.5 miles away. That’s 29 times as many as work in Selma itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 304 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Selma
On a workday 302 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Selma on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Selma to work: where people go
Where Selma clocks in
29% of workers
12% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Selma: what the 29 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Selma, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 29. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Selma’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Selma
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Selma workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 378 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Selma commutes less than 17 miles
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Selma: questions
What is the median household income in Selma?
$58,214 (±$24,197) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Selma?
21.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Selma?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Selma work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muncie (29%, 6 mi), Indianapolis (12%, 54 mi), Center Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Selma without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Selma, from the people who make the trip.
More of Selma
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.