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16,216people live here $82,855median household incomeNear US average $1,515median rent per monthNear US average $308,100median home valueNear US average

Seymour is an unincorporated community in Sevier County, TN. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Seymour

Seymour is an unincorporated community in Tennessee with county unemployment below the national average, air quality that stays clean most of the year, and schools with smaller class sizes than the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Seymour deals with commute times longer than most cities, fewer dining and entertainment options than a bigger city, and a car-dependent commute, with few people using transit.

The good

Low unemployment in the county
Clean air
Low student-teacher ratio

The not so good

Above-average commute times
Smaller place — fewer dining and entertainment options
Car-dependent — few commuters use transit

How Seymour compares

Median household income

Seymour$82,855

Tennessee avg$69,595

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Seymour$1,515

Tennessee avg$1,189

US$1,413

Median home value

Seymour$308,100

Tennessee avg$286,700

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Seymour

Based on Seymour's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$3,030

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $60,600 a year
24% of Seymour renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$61,620

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $30,810
Homes cost 3.7× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of livingNear US average

$1,515/mo median rent

Rent is pretty middle of the road, at $1,515 a month median. Not a bargain, not a budget-buster. About typical for a city this size. Home prices are reasonable, with a median around $308,100. Not a steal, but not intimidating either.

Median home value $308,100 · 24% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

3.3% county unemployment

Unemployment in Sevier County is 3.3%, a little below the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Sevier County (county-wide)

Safety

259 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Seymour doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Sevier County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 581/100k · Policed by Sevier County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting aroundNear US average

29 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 28.5 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 9 in 10 workers drive to work; 12% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

83%

Work from home

12%

Carpool

4.0%

Other

0.7%

Walk

0.6%

Public transit

0.2%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 89°F, and winters are cold, with lows around 29°F and snow a regular occurrence. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 34% below US

24% bachelor's degree or higher

College degree attainment runs below average at 24%. That tends to reflect a more trade and working-class economy, which can be great or limiting depending on the industry.

Schools

4 public schools inside the boundary

There are 4 public schools inside the boundary and 2 private schools. The student-to-teacher ratio is 14:1, well below the national average of 16:1. Smaller class sizes are generally a positive sign for a district.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Great Smoky Mountains National Park (23 miles away). There are 8 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Seymour's strongest points are county unemployment below the national average and air quality that stays clean most of the year; the main tradeoffs are commute times longer than most cities and fewer dining and entertainment options than a bigger city. A year of median rent ($1,515/mo) equals 22% of the median household income here, about the same as the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit job seekers (county-wide unemployment is low). It may be a harder fit for anyone who doesn't drive.

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