Jobs & Economy in Selbyville
Selbyville's economy runs on a real, genuinely poultry-anchored base this record discloses with full specificity.
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Learn moreA real, defining poultry-processing anchor
Mountaire Farms' Hosier Street plant, acquired from H&H Poultry in 1977, is cited as one of Selbyville's biggest employers.
A distinctive, disclosed labor detail
Selbyville's Mountaire plant is cited as the ONLY facility across the company's 10,000+-employee, five-state operation with a unionized workforce.
A real "Gateway to the Beaches" tourism-adjacent role
Selbyville's official branding and DE-54 position give it a real, secondary role supporting the nearby Bethany/Fenwick beach-tourism economy.
Key takeaways
- Selbyville's economy runs genuinely anchored by Mountaire Farms' poultry-processing plant.
- The Selbyville plant is the company's only unionized facility -- a real, distinctive labor detail.
- Selbyville's beach-corridor position gives it a real, secondary tourism-adjacent economic role.
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