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44.82° N · 91.44° W · GEOID 5572670

Seymour

Eau Claire County, Wisconsin · part of the Eau Claire, WI metro

Limited data population under 5,000

WisconsinSeymour, WISeymourSeymour

The short answer

Seymour is home to 1,531 people. Median household income is $95,139 a year and median rent is $1,402 a month, 17.7% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $241,300, about 2.5x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,402
3% above the median place
Median household income
$95,139
18% above the median place
Median home value
$241,300
24% below the median place
Unemployment
3.0%
39% below the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Seymour

  • Owning with a mortgage costs only about $25 a month more than the median rent, a smaller gap than in 93% of the 2,469 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the lowest of 158 Wisconsin places.
  • The median resident is 52.3 years old, older than in 94% of places its size. It is the 2nd-highest of 158 Wisconsin places.
  • 93% of homes are owner-occupied, more than in 94% of places its size.
  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, rent rose 12.9% a year while household income rose 7.9%, so rent outran pay by more than in 88% of places its size.
  • Counting remote workers as zero, the average worker spends about 115 hours a year commuting, less than in 89% of places its size.
01

Moving to Seymour

Eau Claire County gains about 2.9 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in5,053
Moved out4,804
Net+249

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Chippewa County, WI9931,021−28
Dunn County, WI354395−41
Trempealeau County, WI190189+1
Dane County, WI107141−34

Within Wisconsin, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within WisconsinOther states

Income per tax return

Arrivals$56K
Leavers$61K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Eau Claire County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
10.1% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 2.8% from another state. County figure.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Eau Claire County report $56,200 a year in income on average; those leaving, $61,400, so leavers earn more than newcomers.
Income you would need
$56,100 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,402 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $1,427 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $241,300.
Getting to work
17 minutes each way on average; 9.3% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Seven Hills, OH matches it on character. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
10.1%
75% above the median place
Income of households moving in6
$56,164
20% below the median place
Income of households moving out6
$61,418
13% below the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureSeymourAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year1County figure10.1%75% above
Moved from another state1County figure2.8%40% above
Net movers per 1,000 people6County figure2.9above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in6County figure$56,16420% below
Income of households moving out6County figure$61,41813% below
02

What it costs to live here

Homeownership is 93.0%, 40% above the median place.

Seymour17.7%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$56,080
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
17.7%
13% below the median place
Home price to income
2.5x
33% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
18%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$80,700
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Seymour, $1,402 a month, and local prices for everything else (96.9 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Seymour, but easier on the budget

Close matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income.

PlaceRent to incomeMore left a year
Apple Valley, OH13.9% vs 17.7%n/aCompare

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Homeownership1
93.0%
40% above the median place
Median year built1
1959
1% below the median place
Owner costs with a mortgage1
$1,427
24% below the median place
All 15 cost and housing measures
MeasureSeymourAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,4023% above
Rent to income117.7%13% below
Property tax rate11.1%23% above
Home price to income12.5x33% below
Prices vs US average2Metro figure92.88% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,25922% below
Property tax paid (median)1$2,69917% below
Median home value1$241,30024% below
Home prices, 1-year change4County figure4.1%28% above
Home prices, 5-year change4County figure53.7%4% above
Homeownership193.0%40% above
Renters paying 30%+1County figure39.5%22% below
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,42724% below
Vacant homes1County figure4.7%33% below
Median year built119591% below
03

Work and pay

Commutes by transit is 0.0%, below the median place (median 0.8%).

Commutes by transit1
0.0%
below the median place (median 0.8%)
Mean commute1
17 min
33% below the median place
Income per person1
$52,835
32% above the median place
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureSeymourAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$95,13918% above
Income per person1$52,83532% above
Unemployment1County figure3.0%39% below
Average annual pay5County figure$59,7789% below
Pay growth, 1 year5County figure2.9%22% below
Jobs5County figure58,59361% below
Poverty rate1County figure11.8%10% above
Mean commute117 min33% below
Works from home19.3%25% below
Commutes by transit10.0%below (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

Median age is 52.3, 34% above the median place.

Median age1
52.3
34% above the median place
High school or higher1
98.0%
6% above the median place
Homes with broadband1
93.3%
1% above the median place
All 8 people measures
MeasureSeymourAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population11,5316646th largest
Median age152.334% above
Bachelor's or higher133.6%5% above
High school or higher198.0%6% above
Household size12.63% above
Born abroad1County figure3.3%62% below
No health insurance1County figure6.2%3% below
Homes with broadband193.3%1% above
05

Life in Seymour

66 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents19.6 +93%
Playgrounds per 10k13.1 +39%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k0.0 −100%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars24.6 +18%
Shops35.7 +18%
Arts, recreation and fitness5.4 +32%
Doctors' offices and clinics20.3 +0%
Child care centers2.3 +0%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Restaurants and bars per 10k7
24.6
18% above the median place
Shops per 10k7
35.7
18% above the median place
Public schools10
35
289% above the median place
All 16 schools and local life measures
MeasureSeymourAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools10County figure35289% above
Public school students10County figure14,002186% above
Students per teacher10County figure13.612% below
Restaurants and bars per 10k7County figure24.618% above
Shops per 10k7County figure35.718% above
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k7County figure5.432% above
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k7County figure20.30% above
Child care centers per 10k7County figure2.30% above
Parks per 10k819.693% above
Playgrounds per 10k813.139% above
Grocery stores per 10k80.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k80.0below (median 11.2)
Libraries per 10k80.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails80.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi80.0below (median 0.2)
National Register listings9County figure66above (median 13)
06

Safety, weather and risk

Hurricane risk is 0.0, below the median place (median 70.7).

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Seymour. Larger places are fetched first.

Hurricane risk12
0.0
below the median place (median 70.7)
January average low11
5°F
79% below the median place
Average temperature11
44°F
20% below the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureSeymourAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high11County figure81°F6% below
January average low11County figure5°F79% below
Average temperature11County figure44°F20% below
Annual precipitation11County figure34.1 in22% below
Natural hazard risk12County figure78.315% below
Hurricane risk12County figure0.0below (median 70.7)
Tornado risk12County figure80.61% below
Wildfire risk12County figure30.151% below
Heat wave risk12County figure67.425% below
Median air quality index13County figure3812% below
Good air days13County figure73.7%8% above
08

Seymour in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 19% of the median income in 2030, up from 18% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,402/mo (2024)$1,910/mo$1,570 to $2,330/mo+5.3%
Median household income$95,139 (2024)$121,500$103,000 to $144,000+4.2%
Median home value$241,300 (2024)$333,000$242,000 to $458,000+5.5%

The median home would be worth 2.7 years of the median income in 2030, against 2.5 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Seymour

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Seven Hills, OH$1,586$97,222Compare
Halls, TN$1,178$90,933Compare
Apple Valley, OH$1,165$100,593Compare
Temperance, MI$1,321$81,503Compare
Temperance, MIApple Valley, OHHalls, TNSeven Hills, OHSeymour, WISeymourSeven HillsHallsApple ValleyTemperanceSeymourSeven HillsHallsApple ValleyTemperance

Common questions

Is Seymour a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Owning with a mortgage costs only about $25 a month more than the median rent, a smaller gap than in 93% of the 2,469 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the lowest of 158 Wisconsin places. The median resident is 52.3 years old, older than in 94% of places its size. It is the 2nd-highest of 158 Wisconsin places. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Seymour expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 17.7% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $241,300.

What salary do you need to live in Seymour?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $56,080 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Seymour?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Seven Hills, OH, Halls, TN, Apple Valley, OH and Temperance, MI.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  5. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  6. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  7. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  8. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  9. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  10. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  11. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  12. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  13. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Seymour with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Seymour itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/seymour-eau-claire-county-wisconsin

Citytistics. “Seymour, Wisconsin.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/seymour-eau-claire-county-wisconsin/

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