Promise City vs Seymour

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

Promise City 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 86 in Promise City). Seymour has the higher median household income ($45,000 vs $41,406 in Promise City). Seymour has the higher median home value ($78,600 vs $52,800 in Promise City).

Population, income & housing

	Promise City	Seymour
Population	86	558
Median age	54.5 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,406	$45,000
Median home value	$52,800	$78,600
Median gross rent	—	$544
Housing units	53	337
Homeownership rate	86.0%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Promise City	Seymour
Population	78 → 86 (+10.3%)	567 → 558 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$20,938 → $41,406 (+97.8%)	$34,318 → $45,000 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$46,700 → $52,800 (+13.1%)	$43,900 → $78,600 (+79.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$517 → $544 (+5.2%)

Promise City

Population

7886

Median household income

$20,938$41,406

Median home value

$46,700$52,800

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)

	Promise City	Seymour
Under 5	7.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	12.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	16.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	6.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	7.7%
55 to 64	23.3%	20.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	16.1%
75 and over	17.4%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Promise City	Seymour
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	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	1.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Promise City	Seymour
No high school diploma	13.4%	14.6%
High school graduate	52.2%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Promise City	Seymour
Drove alone	96.7%	82.0%
Carpooled	3.3%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Promise City	Seymour
1-unit, detached	96.2%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Promise City	Seymour
Poverty rate	19.8%	18.4%
Average household size	2.00	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1949	1942