Seymour is a medium-sized town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 16,953 people and four associated neighborhoods, Seymour is the 70th largest community in Connecticut.Seymour is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Seymour is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Seymour who work in office and administrative support (10.82%), management occupations (9.37%), and healthcare (8.28%). Also of interest is that Seymour has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Seymour telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.04% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Seymour is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Seymour, the average commute to work is 30.55 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The citizens of Seymour are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.72% of adults in Seymour have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Seymour in 2022 was $47,603, which is lower middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $190,412 for a family of four. However, Seymour contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Seymour is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Seymour home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Seymour residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Seymour also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.55% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Seymour include Italian, Irish, Polish, German, and English. The most common language spoken in Seymour is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
