Photo: Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 3.0Seymour has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Jobs and income earn Seymour A−; getting around on foot earns it B+. There are 4,080 jobs in Seymour, against 7,842 working residents. Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Seymour at work: what stands out
Seymour makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Seymour are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Seymour residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
Seymour workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 27 across Connecticut. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Seymour earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Seymour is better than 78% of U.S. towns, #87 of 155 in Connecticut. Job access by car holds Seymour’s grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Seymour could be anywhere from B to A.
Goods jobs make up 39% of work in Seymour
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Seymour, 2013 → 2023: 4,187 → 4,080. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Seymour’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Seymour, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Seymour workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,556 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Connecticut: 82% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Seymour by day and by night
On a workday 7,117 residents head out to work, 725 work right here, and 3,355 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Seymour on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
8% of working residents work in Shelton
Where Seymour clocks in
8% of workers
8% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Seymour’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Seymour, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Seymour is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #76 of 155 in Connecticut. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across Connecticut.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,037 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 34% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 73% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.9% of Seymour households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Seymour’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,999 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 23,000, Seymour comes 706th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Berlin CT | 20,698 | $114K | 3.4% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Ellington CT | 16,594 | $130K | 2.4% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
| 107 | Tolland CT | 14,752 | $133K | 5.3% | 1.2% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 704 | North St. Paul MN | 12,780 | $85K | 11.2% | 2.7% | 5% | A− |
| 705 | Belmont NC | 16,415 | $95K | 7.9% | 4.0% | 6% | A− |
| 706 | Seymour CT | 17,153 | $108K | 6.7% | 5.1% | 9% | A− |
| 707 | Cloverly MD | 16,646 | $152K | 7.2% | 6.8% | 2% | A− |
| 708 | Hastings MN | 22,563 | $94K | 5.4% | 4.9% | 23% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,999 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Seymour, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
Bordering towns draw 14% of Seymour’s workers
The biggest share goes to Shelton (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Seymour workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seymour | – | A− | B+ | 32 min | $107,708 |
| Ansonia | under 3% | B− | A− | 27 min | $85,877 |
| Oxford | 3% | A+ | C− | 30 min | $128,953 |
| Beacon Falls | under 3% | A | C | 33 min | $101,516 |
| Derby | 3% | B | B+ | 27 min | $79,500 |
| Shelton | 8% | A− | B− | 30 min | $108,185 |
| Woodbridge | under 3% | A− | C+ | 25 min | $188,750 |
| Bethany | under 3% | A+ | B | 32 min | $166,236 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Seymour’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Seymour: questions
What is the median household income in Seymour?
$107,708 (±$14,986) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Seymour?
6.7%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Seymour?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Seymour work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shelton (8%, 6 mi), New Haven (8%, 10 mi), Stratford (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Seymour walkable?
Seymour is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Seymour without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Seymour, from the people who make the trip.
More of Seymour
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.