Selma ranks #28 in North Carolina for low depression
Selma is ranked on 31 lists against the 297 North Carolina towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 6.
The lists Selma does best on
Each list ranks every NC town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Selma marked.
Selma lands in the top half on 6 of 20 lists
Each dot is Selma’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NC, the right end is last. Areas where Selma does best come first.
Younger than 87% of North Carolina
Not better or worse, just Selma’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
3 spots from the top 25 for low depression
Lists where Selma sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Selma out-ranks 0 of its 1 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Selma lands in every NC ranking
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Morrisville · 100 / 100
#248
Lowest obesity#1 Morrisville · 22%
#246
Fewest smokers#1 Morrisville · 7%
#189
Most active#1 Wrightsville Beach · 13%
#252
S
Fewest uninsured#1 St. James · 4%
#291
Lowest depression#1 Morrisville · 19%
#28
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winston-Salem · 0.0 mi
#42 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 La Grange · 1.2 yrs
#46
Cheapest rent#1 Edenton · $388/mo
#55
E
Lowest property tax#1 Emma · $518/yr
#57
Rent easiest to afford#1 Morrisville · 24.8%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Spring Lake · 81.9%
#230
Most trails#1 Carrboro · 4.5 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Carolina Beach · 134 / sq mi
#152 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jamestown · 13.4 min
#264 People
B Most educated#1 Briar Chapel · 81.6% #274
Youngest#1 Cullowhee · 21.0
#38
Oldest#1 Sunset Beach · 69.1
#260
S
Most residents 65+#1 St. James · 62.8%
#203
Most kids#1 Whispering Pines · 34.6%
#179 
The number on the right is Selma’s spot. All of North Carolina’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every NC list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.