Rockford vs Seymour

A side-by-side comparison of Rockford and Seymour: population, income, housing, and more.

Rockford and Seymour are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Seymour has the higher population (21,536 vs 761 in Rockford). Rockford has the higher median household income ($236,339 vs $63,388 in Seymour). Rockford has the higher median home value ($273,200 vs $153,300 in Seymour).

Population, income & housing

	Rockford	Seymour
Population	761	21,536
Median age	40.4 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$236,339	$63,388
Median home value	$273,200	$153,300
Median gross rent	—	$954
Housing units	270	8,733
Homeownership rate	100.0%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockford	Seymour
Population	703 → 761 (+8.3%)	19,623 → 21,536 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$174,010 → $236,339 (+35.8%)	$44,944 → $63,388 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$242,800 → $273,200 (+12.5%)	$119,800 → $153,300 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$778 → $954 (+22.6%)

Rockford

Population

703761

Median household income

$174,010$236,339

Median home value

$242,800$273,200

Seymour

Population

19,62321,536

Median household income

$44,944$63,388

Median home value

$119,800$153,300

Median gross rent

$778$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockford	Seymour
Under 5	9.2%	8.6%
5 to 17	8.0%	22.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	15.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	23.3%	9.0%
55 to 64	10.9%	11.0%
65 to 74	5.7%	6.5%
75 and over	6.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockford	Seymour
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	66.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	23.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockford	Seymour
No high school diploma	1.6%	15.6%
High school graduate	17.5%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.9%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockford	Seymour
Drove alone	71.1%	80.3%
Carpooled	15.6%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.5%	2.9%
Other means	3.9%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockford	Seymour
1-unit, detached	100.0%	60.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Rockford	Seymour
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.4%
Average household size	2.82	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	13	18
Median year structure built	1991	1975