Selbyville is a very small coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Delaware. With a population of 3,285 people and five associated neighborhoods, Selbyville is the 21st largest community in Delaware. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Selbyville, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Selbyville, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Selbyville’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Selbyville does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $75,592.00.

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.

Selbyville 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 Selbyville citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.80% of adults in Selbyville have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Selbyville in 2022 was $38,841, which is middle income relative to Delaware, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $155,364 for a family of four. However, Selbyville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Selbyville is an extremely 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 22.18% 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.