Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer people are out of work in Seymour (2.3%) than in 80% of U.S. towns
For 3% of workers, the job is at home, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole. Seymour grades B− for jobs and income and B for walkability. About two in five work in Seymour; the top destination outside it is Columbus (16%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Seymour apart on work
Seymour is where the jobs are
Seymour has 16,038 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Seymour are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. Time on the road ↓
Seymour makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Seymour are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Seymour residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 39%. The jobs ↓
Few Seymour workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Seymour’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Seymour is better than 47% of U.S. towns, #351 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Seymour’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (15.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Seymour could be anywhere from C to B.
Seymour by day and by night
On a workday 5,938 residents head out to work, 3,704 work right here, and 12,334 people come in from elsewhere.
About 29,000 people are in Seymour on a workday afternoon, 28% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Seymour’s commute takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Seymour workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,893 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In Seymour, 35% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
16,038 jobs are based in Seymour.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Seymour, 2013 → 2023: 14,501 → 16,038. 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.
Where the people who work in Seymour live
Where Seymour clocks in
16% of workers
8% of workers
3% 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.
Miles to work from Seymour
About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Most of Seymour commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Seymour is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #165 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Seymour near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,163 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.2% of Seymour households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Seymour’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,147th of 1,658: where Seymour ranks among U.S. towns of 16,000 to 30,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 31 | St. John IN | 24,841 | $131K | 2.1% | 2.3% | 8% | A+ |
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| 115 | Vernon Township IN | 20,047 | $108K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 220 | Sugar Creek Township IN | 18,299 | $101K | 5.6% | 2.0% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,145 | Gibsonton FL | 18,754 | $84K | 17.2% | 5.4% | 3% | B− |
| 1,146 | South Lake Tahoe CA | 21,115 | $82K | 9.3% | 3.6% | 37% | B− |
| 1,147 | Seymour IN | 22,450 | $64K | 15.5% | 2.3% | 38% | B− |
| 1,148 | Laconia NH | 17,246 | $73K | 12.6% | 3.1% | 28% | B− |
| 1,149 | Port Hueneme CA | 20,987 | $93K | 11.4% | 10.1% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,658 | 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 Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Seymour
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Seymour workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seymour | – | B− | B | 19 min | $64,426 |
| Rockford | under 1% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 1% | B− | B | 20 min | $62,411 |
| Redding Township | under 1% | B+ | C− | 23 min | $85,692 |
Same-state neighbors only. Rockford: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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?
$64,426 (±$4,662) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Seymour?
15.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Seymour?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Seymour work?
38% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (16%, 18 mi), Indianapolis (8%, 59 mi), North Vernon (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Seymour walkable?
Seymour is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Seymour without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.