Humeston vs Seymour

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

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

Seymour has the higher population (558 vs 505 in Humeston). Humeston has the higher median household income ($52,446 vs $45,000 in Seymour). Seymour has the higher median home value ($78,600 vs $65,000 in Humeston).

Population, income & housing

	Humeston	Seymour
Population	505	558
Median age	51.7 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,446	$45,000
Median home value	$65,000	$78,600
Median gross rent	$546	$544
Housing units	287	337
Homeownership rate	73.6%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Humeston	Seymour
Population	484 → 505 (+4.3%)	567 → 558 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$37,386 → $52,446 (+40.3%)	$34,318 → $45,000 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$59,700 → $65,000 (+8.9%)	$43,900 → $78,600 (+79.0%)
Median gross rent	$480 → $546 (+13.8%)	$517 → $544 (+5.2%)

Humeston

Population

484505

Median household income

$37,386$52,446

Median home value

$59,700$65,000

Median gross rent

$480$546

Seymour

Population

567558

Median household income

$34,318$45,000

Median home value

$43,900$78,600

Median gross rent

$517$544

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Humeston	Seymour
Under 5	3.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.2%	12.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	8.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	6.3%	6.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	7.7%
55 to 64	16.8%	20.4%
65 to 74	18.0%	16.1%
75 and over	12.5%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Humeston	Seymour
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Humeston	Seymour
No high school diploma	7.1%	14.6%
High school graduate	39.8%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Humeston	Seymour
Drove alone	70.8%	82.0%
Carpooled	21.5%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Humeston	Seymour
1-unit, detached	77.7%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Humeston	Seymour
Poverty rate	14.9%	18.4%
Average household size	2.15	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1971	1942