Work & commute · Seymour

Work & commute in Seymour, IN

About one in 3 of Seymour’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Columbus (16%), North Vernon (3%) and Center (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

3,704 of 9,642 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,938 Seymour residents head out of town to work, 3,704 work right here, and 12,334 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seymour.

5,938live here, work elsewhere

3,704live and work here

12,334work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seymour goes to work

Seymour (in town)right here

38%3,704

Columbus18.1 mi away

16%1,561

North Vernon14.7 mi away

3%257

Center58.9 mi away

2%233

Bloomington37.3 mi away

2%145

Jennings14 mi away

1%143

Brownstown9.7 mi away

1%137

Hamilton5.5 mi away

1%133

Greenwood46.9 mi away

1%107

Washington65.7 mi away

1%91

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%3,131

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Seymour commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

43%

25%

10%

22%

43%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seymour is a job hub

1.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Seymour are

16,038 jobs are based in Seymour. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Seymour’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Seymour

16,038 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Seymour residents hold

9,642 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+11%

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.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.