Seymour is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 1,934 people and two associated neighborhoods, Seymour is the 290th largest community in Missouri. Seymour has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Seymour, where the median household income is $51,591.00.

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.

In Seymour, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.32 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Being a small city, Seymour does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of people in Seymour with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.36% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Seymour in 2022 was $23,573, which is lower middle income relative to Missouri, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $94,292 for a family of four. However, Seymour contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Seymour also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.44% of its population below the federal poverty line.

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. Important ancestries of people in Seymour include German, Swiss, English, Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Seymour is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.