Work & commute · Seymour

Work & commute in Seymour, TX

About one in 3 of Seymour’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Wichita Falls (7%), Fort Worth (4%) and Abilene (4%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

420 of 1,235 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 815 Seymour residents head out of town to work, 420 work right here, and 663 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seymour.

815live here, work elsewhere

420live and work here

663work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seymour goes to work

Seymour (in town)right here

34%420

Wichita Falls47.2 mi away

7%81

Fort Worth123.9 mi away

4%48

Abilene83.6 mi away

4%44

Olney32.9 mi away

2%30

Dallas154.3 mi away

2%23

Lawton, OK85.3 mi away

2%19

Arlington138 mi away

2%19

Vernon38.2 mi away

1%18

Holliday36 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%517

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.

39%

17%

42%

39%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seymour is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Seymour are

1,083 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

1,083 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Seymour residents hold

1,235 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+24%

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.

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.