Marshfield vs Seymour

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

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

Marshfield has the higher population (7,599 vs 2,081 in Seymour). Marshfield has the higher median household income ($67,134 vs $51,497 in Seymour). Marshfield has the higher median home value ($201,300 vs $120,400 in Seymour).

Population, income & housing

	Marshfield	Seymour
Population	7,599	2,081
Median age	33.5 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,134	$51,497
Median home value	$201,300	$120,400
Median gross rent	$776	$686
Housing units	3,150	970
Homeownership rate	64.4%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshfield	Seymour
Population	7,318 → 7,599 (+3.8%)	2,022 → 2,081 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$44,844 → $67,134 (+49.7%)	$36,397 → $51,497 (+41.5%)
Median home value	$116,900 → $201,300 (+72.2%)	$82,000 → $120,400 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $776 (+23.2%)	$663 → $686 (+3.5%)

Marshfield

Population

7,3187,599

Median household income

$44,844$67,134

Median home value

$116,900$201,300

Median gross rent

$630$776

Seymour

Population

2,0222,081

Median household income

$36,397$51,497

Median home value

$82,000$120,400

Median gross rent

$663$686

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marshfield	Seymour
Under 5	8.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	17.9%
18 to 24	10.0%	12.2%
25 to 34	15.7%	16.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	7.8%
45 to 54	7.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	10.3%
75 and over	8.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshfield	Seymour
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	91.1%
Black or African American	3.9%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	9.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshfield	Seymour
No high school diploma	9.8%	13.2%
High school graduate	39.2%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshfield	Seymour
Drove alone	81.4%	85.4%
Carpooled	9.2%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	5.5%
Other means	1.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshfield	Seymour
1-unit, detached	80.8%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	11.4%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Marshfield	Seymour
Poverty rate	19.3%	19.4%
Average household size	2.79	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1980	1978