Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Selkirk is worth considering.
Selkirk is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Selkirk citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.71% of adults in Selkirk have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Selkirk in 2022 was $46,849, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $187,396 for a family of four. However, Selkirk contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Selkirk is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Selkirk home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Selkirk residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Selkirk include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Russian.
The most common language spoken in Selkirk is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
