Seymour is a medium-sized town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 16,809 people and four associated neighborhoods, Seymour is the 70th largest community in Connecticut.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Seymour is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Seymour is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Seymour who work in office and administrative support (12.64%), management occupations (9.34%), and sales jobs (8.81%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.25% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. The citizens of Seymour are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.22% of adults in Seymour have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Seymour in 2022 was $46,226, which is lower middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $184,904 for a family of four. However, Seymour contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Seymour is a very 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 14.11% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Seymour include Italian, Irish, Polish, English, and German. The most common language spoken in Seymour is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
