Cost of living in Selma, Alabama
Simple answer
Typical rent is $713 a month.
Selma is a city in Alabama. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $33,197 a year.
- People
- 17,057
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $713
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $33,197
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $96,500
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $945
- Dallas County, AL
Selma, Alabama has about 17,057 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $96,500.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Dallas County is $945 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Selma. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
Alabama's prices sit at 88.8 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.
Alabama taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.5% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Selma's exact store tax.
Some places in Alabama add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.07% of income. That is not a Selma bill.
In July 2026, a typical Alabama home paid 16.40¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Selma's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Alabama in the table we use.
Among 290 places we list in Alabama with a rent figure, 216 have higher typical rent than Selma.
Nearby places
- Selmont-West Selmont
Typical rent $493
Compare with Selma - Valley Grande
Typical rent $761
Compare with Selma - Marion
Typical rent $588
Compare with Selma - Uniontown
Typical rent $475
Compare with Selma - Maplesville
Typical rent $1,140
Compare with Selma - Camden
Typical rent $576
Compare with Selma - Prattville
Typical rent $1,313
- Pine Level
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Alabama
Bigger places in Alabama
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.