Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Households in Seymour have lower incomes than those in 96% of U.S. towns
For 2% of workers, the job is at home; Texas has 14%. Poverty touches 28.2% of residents; Texas has 13.8%. Jobs and income earn Seymour D−; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Seymour, in brief
Commutes from Seymour are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
42% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few Seymour workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. 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 4% of U.S. towns, #625 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Seymour’s grade up (5.2%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Seymour could be anywhere from D− to C−.
The trip to work from Seymour: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Seymour workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 998 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
The distance from Seymour to work
About 42% 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.
How a workday changes Seymour
On a workday 815 residents head out to work, 420 work right here, and 663 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
7% of working residents work in Wichita Falls
Where Seymour clocks in
7% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
What work there is in Seymour: 1,083 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Seymour, 2013 → 2023: 871 → 1,083. 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.
The commute in Seymour is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Seymour is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns, #93 of 642 in Texas. 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 1,017 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). 8.2% of Seymour households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Seymour’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Seymour sits among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,789 | Gladwin MI | 3,140 | $43K | 17.4% | 9.5% | 25% | D− |
| 4,790 | Tazewell TN | 2,363 | $42K | 33.1% | 6.9% | 17% | D− |
| 4,791 | Seymour TX | 2,574 | $40K | 28.2% | 5.2% | 34% | D− |
| 4,792 | Adams WI | 1,803 | $43K | 25.7% | 5.6% | 14% | D− |
| 4,793 | Big Prairie Township MI | 2,569 | $53K | 22.1% | 7.0% | 2% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Texas.
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?
$40,212 (±$4,033) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Seymour?
28.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Seymour?
16 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Seymour work?
34% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita Falls (7%, 47 mi), Fort Worth (4%, 124 mi), Abilene (4%, 84 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Seymour walkable?
Seymour is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Seymour without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% 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.