Village · Adams County, Ohio

Seaman, Ohio

Seaman is a village in Adams County, Ohio. It has 1,205 residents. Seaman, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 16 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,214 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #664 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on property crime rate (low), violent crime rate (low) and drought exposure (low). It ranks worst on preventable hospital stays (high), dental care shortage (high) and public EV charging ports (low).

16Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,214 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #664 of 684 in OH
Population: 1,205 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,128.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 3971206

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.

Safety67#5,091/15,637
Economy17#12,998/15,631
Housing68#4,842/14,977
Health7#14,530/15,609
Healthcare17#12,989/15,650
Environment35#10,038/15,453
Education26#11,609/15,649
Infrastructure34#10,265/15,650
Community8#14,356/15,651
Leisure & amenities6#14,751/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Seaman, Ohio ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Adams 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

Property crime rate · low167 /100k
99/100Ohio 1,429 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureAdams County value
Violent crime rate · low68 /100k
94/100Ohio 276 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureAdams County value
Drought exposure · low2%
92/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAdams County value
Public libraries · high1.5 /10k
85/100Ohio 0.7 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAdams County value
Public transit commuters · high2.0%
84/100Ohio 1.0%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty
Unemployment rate · low2.4%
78/100Ohio 4.7%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Preventable hospital stays · high4,826 /100k
2/100Ohio 3,269 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAdams County value
Dental care shortage · high19.0
3/100Ohio 4.5United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationAdams County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Ohio 4.5 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAdams County value
Life expectancy · low70.6 yrs
4/100Ohio 75.7 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAdams County value
Restaurants and bars · low3.6 /10k
4/100Ohio 8.2 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAdams County value
Comfortable days · low22.1%
4/100Ohio 23.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAdams County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,141 (2015-2019) → 1,205 (2020-2024)
+5.6%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Median household incomeImproving
$26,823 (2015-2019) → $46,705 (2020-2024)
+74%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
72.9% (2015-2019) → 86.8% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
36.3% (2015-2019) → 29.5% (2020-2024)
−6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
55.6% (2015-2019) → 48.9% (2020-2024)
−6.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
51.7% (2015-2019) → 57.0% (2020-2024)
+5.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, Seaman, Ohio improved on 1 of 12 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.

Improved1

Household income+74%$26,823 → $46,705

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Seaman, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	35.4 min2015-2019	40.0 min2020-2024	+4.6 min	Within the margin of error	11%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%2015-2019	9.0%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Broadband subscriptions	72.9%2015-2019	86.8%2020-2024	+14 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Child poverty rate	51.7%2015-2019	57.0%2020-2024	+5.3 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Effective property tax rate	1.08%2015-2019	0.93%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	46%
High school diploma or higher	85.9%2015-2019	88.0%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Home price to income ratio	3.6×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	−0.7×	Within the margin of error	95%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4672015-2019	0.3942020-2024	−0.073	Within the margin of error	91%
Median household income	$26,8232015-2019	$46,7052020-2024	+74%	Improved	95%
Rent as share of income	36.3%2015-2019	29.5%2020-2024	−6.8 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Rent-burdened households	55.6%2015-2019	48.9%2020-2024	−6.7 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.4%2015-2019	4.9%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	80%

“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 Seaman, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Seaman, Ohio 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, Seaman, Ohio itself moved +14.8 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

1,205 residents (±288)

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

432 households (±99)

Seaman, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k27%†117
$25k–50k29%†124
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

432 households (±99)

Seaman, Ohio
Ohio share

Own66%283
Rent34%†149

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+26.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

346 workers (±95)

Seaman, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone86%297
Carpool11%†38
Public transit2.0%†7

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 Adams County, the county holding most of Seaman's residents.

Adams County has 421 employer establishments, 153 for every 10,000 residents (0.62× the US rate of 248; 0.71× Ohio's), with 4,914 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,101. The Census Bureau also counts 1,914 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 421; 1,914 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 153; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 4,914
Average annual pay: $44,101; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	36	13.1	0.85×About typical	261	$56,828	252
Restaurants and other eating places	32	11.6	0.63×Fewer than typical	631	$13,409	14
Ambulatory health care services	31	11.3	0.54×Fewer than typical	509	$43,051	65
Religious organizations	24	8.7	1.57×More than typical	44	$22,523	—
Limited-service restaurants	21	7.6	0.95×About typical	439	$13,323	7
Gasoline stations	17	6.2	1.91×More than typical	138	$20,094	—
Truck transportation	14	5.1	1.01×About typical	49	$83,776	100
General merchandise stores	12	4.4	2.47×More than typical	323	$28,889	8
Lessors of real estate	12	4.4	0.35×Fewer than typical	32	$43,625	119
Banks and credit unions	11	4	1.24×About typical	142	$50,887	—
Other specialty trade contractors	11	4	1.59×More than typical	81	$62,296	95
Building equipment contractors	10	3.6	0.60×Fewer than typical	38	$75,289	38

Rank places for an industry Open Adams County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 27,512 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Adams 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.

Seaman, Ohio is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

David J. TaylorR-OH-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 0.0%

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.

Adams County11100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Adams 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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