Lineville vs Seymour

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

Lineville 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 261 in Lineville). Lineville has the higher median household income ($51,375 vs $45,000 in Seymour). Seymour has the higher median home value ($78,600 vs $51,900 in Lineville).

Population, income & housing

	Lineville	Seymour
Population	261	558
Median age	41.2 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,375	$45,000
Median home value	$51,900	$78,600
Median gross rent	$463	$544
Housing units	130	337
Homeownership rate	78.2%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lineville	Seymour
Population	259 → 261 (+0.8%)	567 → 558 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$51,042 → $51,375 (+0.7%)	$34,318 → $45,000 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$44,400 → $51,900 (+16.9%)	$43,900 → $78,600 (+79.0%)
Median gross rent	$486 → $463 (-4.7%)	$517 → $544 (+5.2%)

Lineville

Population

259261

Median household income

$51,042$51,375

Median home value

$44,400$51,900

Median gross rent

$486$463

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)

	Lineville	Seymour
Under 5	3.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	21.5%	12.0%
18 to 24	4.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	6.5%
45 to 54	19.2%	7.7%
55 to 64	18.8%	20.4%
65 to 74	3.4%	16.1%
75 and over	3.4%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lineville	Seymour
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	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	10.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lineville	Seymour
No high school diploma	4.8%	14.6%
High school graduate	45.2%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lineville	Seymour
Drove alone	83.1%	82.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lineville	Seymour
1-unit, detached	90.8%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Lineville	Seymour
Poverty rate	21.1%	18.4%
Average household size	2.19	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	50	28
Median year structure built	1968	1942