The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Selbyville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Selbyville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Selbyville is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.
Being a small town, Selbyville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Selbyville are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.91% of adults in Selbyville having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Selbyville in 2022 was $40,672, which is upper middle income relative to Delaware and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $162,688 for a family of four. However, Selbyville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Selbyville is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Selbyville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Selbyville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Selbyville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.47% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Selbyville include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Selbyville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
