SeymourIL
A town of 270, settled in 1872.
Is Seymour a good place to live?
Only 5 of the 769 Illinois towns we compare have a lower middle household income than Seymour. Seymour has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
270 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Gies Memorial Stadium and 15 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Seymour. Close and well known come first.
10 mi Stadium & arenaGies Memorial Stadium
11 mi LandmarkAmerican Football House
8 mi MuseumMonticello Railway Museum
14 mi City parkRobert Allerton Park
11 mi TheatreKrannert Center for the Performing Arts
20 mi MuseumOctave Chanute Aerospace MuseumPhoto credits
Gies Memorial Stadium: T.J. Blakeman, CC BY-SA 4.0 · American Football House: BanjoZebra, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Monticello Railway Museum: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Robert Allerton Park: D. Finnigan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Krannert Center for the Performing Arts: Aries Liang, Public domain · Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Seymour: who provides what
Seymour is unincorporated, so Champaign County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Seymour.
Seymour has 0.5 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Half the trips to work are shorter than 10 miles. In Seymour, 17% of residents live below the poverty line, above both Illinois’ towns (8.4%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). The top destinations are Champaign (43%), Urbana (20%) and Chicago (6%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Seymour
A winter brings about 21 inches of snow, with January nights at 18° and July afternoons at 85°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Seymour is inland flooding, at a low overall level
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 63% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 40% of Seymour’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 20% to drought.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Seymour is
Two figures for adults in Seymour: 19% get no exercise outside work, 32% have obesity. Of 32 CDC measures, Seymour beats the Illinois average on 7 and trails it on 2. In Seymour, a fifth of adults binge drink, against 18% in Illinois’ towns and 16% across U.S. towns. Seymour: just over three quarters of adults had a checkup this year.
| Seymour | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 23% | 25% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 37% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Seymour | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.1% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.1% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.2% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Seymour’s typical home value is about $309K
In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 9.9%. Among households in Seymour, 72% live in a home they own.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Seymour
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Seymour
About 7 of every 100 Seymour residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
100% of working residents leave Seymour for work
Where Seymour’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Seymour
Census-designated place in Illinois, United States
Seymour is a census-designated place in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 317. It is part of Mahomet-Seymour Community Unit School District No. 3.
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- Area
- 0.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 699 ft
- ZIP code
- 61875
- Area code
- 217
Questions about Seymour
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Seymour, IL a good place to live?
Seymour has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What is Seymour, IL known for?
2 notable people were born here, including Jeff Pfeffer and Leo Pfeffer.