City · Jackson County, Indiana

Seymour, Indiana

Seymour is a city in Jackson County, Indiana, part of the Seymour, IN metro area. It has 22,371 residents. Seymour, Indiana has a quality-of-life score of 36 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,065 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Indiana it ranks #194 of 353 cities and towns. It ranks best on violent crime rate (low), drought exposure (low) and rent-burdened households (low). It ranks worst on broadband subscriptions (low), arts, entertainment and recreation (low) and job growth (low).

36Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,065 of 15,651 cities and towns
Indiana: #194 of 353 in IN
Population: 22,371 (2020-2024)
Land area: 13 mi²
Density: 1,684.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 1868832

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety78#3,398/15,637
Economy32#10,676/15,631
Housing98#258/14,977
Health23#11,988/15,609
Healthcare37#9,825/15,650
Environment49#7,858/15,453
Education17#13,050/15,649
Infrastructure16#13,179/15,650
Community42#9,091/15,651
Leisure & amenities25#11,809/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Seymour, Indiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Jackson County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Violent crime rate · low38 /100k
99/100Indiana 254 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationJackson County value
Drought exposure · low0%
95/100Indiana 19%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAJackson County value
Rent-burdened households · low35.4%
93/100Indiana 48.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Property crime rate · low452 /100k
92/100Indiana 1,052 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationJackson County value
Average commute time · low18.6 min
91/100Indiana 24.1 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Rent as share of income · low24.3%
90/100Indiana 29.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Broadband subscriptions · low81.5%
5/100Indiana 89.9%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low1.9 /10k
10/100Indiana 3.8 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJackson County value
Job growth · low-2.4%
10/100Indiana -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataJackson County value
Comfortable days · low23.4%
12/100Indiana 24.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationJackson County value
Adult obesity · high41.7%
14/100Indiana 39.7%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Adult smoking · high19.2%
16/100Indiana 17.8%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
19,623 (2015-2019) → 22,371 (2020-2024)
+14%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Median household incomeImproving
$44,944 (2015-2019) → $64,426 (2020-2024)
+43%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
75.6% (2015-2019) → 81.5% (2020-2024)
+5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
41.1% (2015-2019) → 35.4% (2020-2024)
−5.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateImproving
20.0% (2015-2019) → 15.5% (2020-2024)
−4.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
27.0% (2015-2019) → 24.3% (2020-2024)
−2.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Seymour, Indiana improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Unemployment−2.3 points4.6% → 2.3%
Household income+43%$44,944 → $64,426
Broadband+5.8 points75.6% → 81.5%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Seymour, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	17.8 min2015-2019	18.6 min2020-2024	+0.8 min	Within the margin of error	38%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%2015-2019	18.1%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Broadband subscriptions	75.6%2015-2019	81.5%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Improved	37%
Child poverty rate	23.5%2015-2019	21.8%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Effective property tax rate	0.65%2015-2019	0.58%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	28%
High school diploma or higher	84.2%2015-2019	83.1%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	84%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4372015-2019	0.4142020-2024	−0.023	Within the margin of error	70%
Median household income	$44,9442015-2019	$64,4262020-2024	+43%	Improved	78%
Poverty rate	20.0%2015-2019	15.5%2020-2024	−4.5 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Rent as share of income	27.0%2015-2019	24.3%2020-2024	−2.7 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Rent-burdened households	41.1%2015-2019	35.4%2020-2024	−5.7 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Unemployment rate	4.6%2015-2019	2.3%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Improved	84%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.7%2015-2019	13.8%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	24%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Seymour, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Seymour, Indiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Seymour, Indiana itself moved +3.2 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

22,371 residents (±430)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

8,382 households (±364)

Seymour, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k17%1,427
$25k–50k23%1,936
$50k–75k17%1,427

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

8,382 households (±364)

Seymour, Indiana
Indiana share

Own60%5,023
Rent40%3,359

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

10,163 workers (±448)

Seymour, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone82%8,314
Carpool11%1,118
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Seymour, IN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Jackson County, the county holding most of Seymour's residents.

Jackson County has 999 employer establishments, 214 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248; 0.94× Indiana's), with 21,905 paid employees at an average annual pay of $58,068. The Census Bureau also counts 2,601 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 999; 2,601 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 214; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 21,905
Average annual pay: $58,068; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Jackson County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	80	17.1	0.93×About typical	1,409	$19,497	17
Specialty trade contractors	69	14.8	0.95×About typical	658	$64,935	198
Ambulatory health care services	54	11.6	0.55×Fewer than typical	473	$65,188	70
Lessors of real estate	42	9	0.73×Fewer than typical	96	$38,990	263
Limited-service restaurants	42	9	1.12×About typical	883	$17,578	7
Religious organizations	42	9	1.62×More than typical	320	$23,200	—
Truck transportation	36	7.7	1.52×More than typical	570	$82,914	65
Building equipment contractors	29	6.2	1.03×About typical	180	$51,950	41
Construction of buildings	28	6	0.79×Fewer than typical	115	$60,009	116
Full-service restaurants	28	6	0.78×Fewer than typical	468	$22,156	8
Automotive repair and maintenance	27	5.8	1.15×About typical	126	$50,683	66
Insurance agencies and brokerages	26	5.6	1.27×More than typical	86	$55,767	46

Rank places for an industry Open Jackson County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 46,751 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $15.3K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Seymour, Indiana: $0.69 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $15.3K; +1,140% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.69; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 11%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$7,98452%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$5,23134%
Department of the Navy$2,11614%

Top recipients

MONUMENT ENGINEERING GROUP ASSOCIATES, INC.$7,98452%
MIDWAY TRAILERS, INC.$2,33915%
BRUCE INC$2,11614%
ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$1,71911%
EARLE KINLAW & ASSOCIATES, INC.$1,1737.7%

Spending by fiscal year

6KFY2017
3.4KFY2018
2.1KFY2019
3.8KFY2020
34.6KFY2021
834.6FY2022
3.8KFY2023
2.7KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$7,98452%
Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing · 3362$2,33915%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$2,11614%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$1,71911%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$1,1737.7%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Seymour, Indiana, so they do not add up across cities.

Seymour, Indiana's figures are part of those of Jackson County, IN ($123.9K in FY2026), never added to them: 12% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Seymour is mostly in Jackson County.

See federal money in Jackson County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Seymour, Indiana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Erin HouchinR-IN-9 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Jackson County61100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Seymour, IN54

Other cities and towns in Jackson County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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