It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Sells has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Sells has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Sells than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Sells may be for you.
One of the benefits of Sells is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.07 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
As is often the case in a small town, Sells doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Sells has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.67% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Sells in 2022 was $12,560, which is low income relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $50,240 for a family of four. However, Sells contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Sells also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 51.98% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Sells is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Sells home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sells residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Sells include Jamaican, Italian, English, Irish, and German.
The most common language spoken in Sells is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Spanish.
