Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Seymour grades B overall, ranked 81st of 151 in Connecticut. It reports less crime per resident than 85% of U.S. towns and it is healthier than 82% of U.S. towns. The trade-off is money: homes are expensive, about $421K for a typical one and 4.9 times the Waterbury metro’s $86K median household income. On history, just 3 of Connecticut’s 175 towns do worse. Seymour’s average trip to work is 32 minutes, against 27 minutes in Connecticut’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Among 90 Connecticut towns, just 9 have a lower property crime rate than Seymour.
Where Seymour beats most towns.
Where Seymour’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Connecticut), ordered by how far Seymour is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,677 in 1850, 16,748 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1790 and 7 maps from 1889 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Seymour. Close and well known come first.
8 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
20 mi Theme parkLake Compounce
21 mi LakeCandlewood Lake
34 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
10 mi MuseumYale University Art Gallery
10 mi MuseumYale Center for British ArtYale Bowl: Kenneth Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Candlewood Lake: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Yale University Art Gallery: Ragesoss, Public domain · Yale Center for British Art: Sage Ross, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Seymour, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Seymour.
Seymour reports less crime than Shelton or any other graded neighbor and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in Connecticut.
Its A tops all 4 graded towns on its borders; Shelton (A−) comes closest.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by the Seymour School District. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Seymour High School, with 604 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatfield-LoPresti SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 515 | B− |
| Seymour High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 604 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CT on state tests and graduation
Within Connecticut it is less healthy than 68% of the 154 graded towns: Connecticut sets a high bar.
Seymour beats the Connecticut average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 9.2% of Seymour adults have diabetes.
| Seymour | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.2% | 9.4% | 12% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 31% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 9.7% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 30% | 35% |
| What stands out | Seymour | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.8% | 14.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.5% | 10% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
18 miles of trail in 17 parks and preserves. Seymour’s trail density is 1.2 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Naugatuck State Forest, at 137 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Little Laurel Lime Park | 2.6 mi | 131 |
| 2. Naugatuck State Forest - Quillinan Reservoir Block | 2.3 mi | 137 |
| 3. Fountain Lake | 1.4 mi | 118 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents leave Seymour for work: only 9% work in town. The median household income in Seymour is $108,000. The top destinations are Shelton (8%), New Haven (8%) and Stratford (7%).
| Seymour | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 16% | 15% | 11% |
| Median household income | $108,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.7% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Seymour has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 19° and about 49 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Connecticut average. 33% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Seymour. Seymour has grown 2.4% since 2020, to 17,153 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Seymour | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 45% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 41.6 years | 44.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 19% | 19% | 22% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.6 points. Across Connecticut, 50.9% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 66% are men (CT 51%).
| Seymour | CT | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.3% | 10.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10% | 9.8% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.7% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.3% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.3% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.5% | 14.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.6% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.2% | 7.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.5% | 8.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.2% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.7% | 16.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.4% | 7.6% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.8% | 23.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.5% | 19.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Typical home values rose 6.6% in the year to September 2026.
| Seymour | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,608 a month | $1,448 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 74% | 81% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 51% of U.S. communities. Since 1980, 22 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Seymour.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
8 within 15 miles of the center of Seymour
About 6 of every 100 Seymour residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Connecticut.
3 places in Seymour on the National Register of Historic Places.
13 notable people were born in Seymour.
Town in Connecticut, United States
Seymour is a town located in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. The population was 16,748 at the 2020 census. Seymour is bordered by the towns of Oxford and Beacon Falls to the north, Bethany and Woodbridge to the east, Ansonia and Derby to the south, and Shelton to the west.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
7 towns share a border with Seymour.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seymour | #81 | B | D | A | C+ | A− |
| Ansonia | #137 | C− | D− | B− | D | B+ |
| Oxford | #82 | B | C− | — | B | A |
| Beacon Falls | #101 | B− | D | — | B | A |
| Derby | #142 | D | D− | C− | D | B+ |
| Shelton | #71 | B+ | D | A− | B− | A |
| Woodbridge | #18 | A | C− | B+ | A | A+ |
| Bethany | #13 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
Oxford, Beacon Falls and Bethany report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Seymour with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Seymour grades B overall, better than 62% of U.S. towns and #81 of 151 in Connecticut. It grades A− for health, A for safety and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
13 notable people were born here, including John William De Forest and Harriet Ford.
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