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Seymour gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $229K for a typical one, or 3.3 years of the Seymour area’s $70K median household income. It grades B− overall, ranked 393rd of 585 in Indiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 84% of the country. 38% of working residents work locally in Seymour, where Indiana’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 8%. Only 8 of the 107 Indiana towns we compare have a lower violent crime rate than Seymour. The biggest park or preserve is Freeman Field, at 42 acres.
Where Seymour beats most towns.
Farmers Club
Census counts: 966 in 1860, 21,569 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1910 and 2 maps from 1958 on.
8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Seymour is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
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 Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Seymour.
Seymour draws workers from Columbus and beyond, has seen reported crime fall by about half and has property taxes about half the Indiana norm.
16,038 jobs are based in Seymour, 1.7 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
About one in 3 of Seymour’s working residents works in town. Seymour’s average trip to work is 19 minutes. Since 2013, Seymour has added 1,537 jobs, to 16,038 in 2023.
| Seymour | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 2.7% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
15% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Seymour. Seymour beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 77% of adults had a checkup this year in Seymour.
| Seymour | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 8.3% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 21% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Seymour | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 15% | 8.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 22.1% | 15.4% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 20.7% | 14.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Seymour | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.1% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Shields Park | 0.4 mi | 13 |
| 2. Gaiser Park | 0.3 mi | 11 |
| 3. Freeman Field | 0.2 mi | 42 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Seymour has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 23° and about 8 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities. Since 1982, 14 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Seymour.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median property tax bill is $792, against $1,614 across Indiana, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
60% of Seymour households own their home. The typical Seymour home is worth about $229,000, up 1.6% in a year, 11% below the Indiana typical home.
| Seymour | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 60% | 76% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,011 a month | $946 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Reported crimes fell from 411 to 203 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 6 reported in 2025, 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Seymour. Close and well known come first.
38 mi Stadium & arenaMemorial Stadium
20 mi MuseumMiller House and Garden
38 mi Stadium & arenaSimon Skjodt Assembly Hall
37 mi MuseumEskenazi Museum of Art
31 mi MuseumLanier Mansion18 mi MuseumZaharakosMemorial Stadium: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Miller House and Garden: Nyttend, Public domain · Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall: Sean Benham from Chicago, CC BY 2.0 · Eskenazi Museum of Art: Kzollman (Kevin J.S. Zollman)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lanier Mansion: Unknown, CC BY 2.0
None within 15 miles of Seymour; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Seymour residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
17,503 counted in 2010 and 21,569 in 2020; an estimated 22,450 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
8 places in Seymour on the National Register of Historic Places.
21 notable people were born in Seymour.
City in Indiana, United States
Seymour is a city in Jackson County, Indiana, United States. The population was 21,569 at the 2020 census, making it the largest city in Jackson County. It was platted in 1852 by landowner Meedy Shields and named after a railroad engineer. Seymour developed as a railroad town after the north–south Jeffersonville Railroad and the east–west Ohio and Mississippi Railroad intersected in the early 1850s, leading to the city to be nicknamed the "Crossroads of Southern Indiana." In October 1866, the local Reno Gang carried out what is considered to be the first peacetime train robbery in the United States—an episode that brought vigilante reprisals and lasting notoriety. During World War II the U.…
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3 towns share a border with Seymour.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seymour | #393 | B− | A | B− | C | C− |
| Rockford | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jackson Township | #378 | B− | A− | — | C | C |
| Redding Township | #406 | C+ | A− | — | C | C |
Jackson Township and Redding Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Rockford isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Seymour with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Seymour grades B− overall, better than 46% of U.S. towns and #393 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C− for health, B− for safety and C for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
21 notable people were born here, including John Mellencamp and Rob Wiethoff.
