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Decatur township, Lawrence County, OH

717 Population
33.3 square miles 21.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.5 ±9.7 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Lawrence County: 41.9 ±0.5
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$19,885 ±$5,530 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lawrence County: $29,610 ±$1,470
  • about half the amount in Ohio: $39,455 ±$153
$41,528 ±$29,832 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lawrence County: $54,842 ±$2,357
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $69,680 ±$287

36.7% ±28.8% (263  ±223) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Lawrence County: 17.5% † 9,902 (±1.8% / ±1,033)
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 13.2% 1,519,610 (±0.2% / ±19,289)

36.9 minutes ±4.3 (10,855  ±3,757) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Lawrence County: 22.1 493,545 (±1 / ±26,105)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Ohio: 23.6 116,848,390 (±0.1 / ±534,046)

Families

261 ±80 Number of households
  • Lawrence County: 22,501 ±434
  • Ohio: 4,829,571 ±8,204
2.8 ±0.3 (717  ±229) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lawrence County: 2.5 56,751 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,487,883

7.7% ±6.6% (12  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Lawrence County: 4.2% † 523 (±1.4% / ±167)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,745 (±0.1% / ±3,112)

Housing

327 ±81 Number of housing units
  • Lawrence County: 26,538 ±35
  • Ohio: 5,271,573 ±770

$77,200 ±$19,748 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lawrence County: $135,600 ±$6,848
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $199,200 ±$485

7.1% ±5.9% (50  ±44.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lawrence County: 9.9% † 5,657 (±1.4% / ±800.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 12.4% 1,448,007 (±0.2% / ±16,933.5)

Social

84.9% ±2.9% (360  ±104.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lawrence County: 90% 36,540 (±3.4% / ±1,373.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 91.6% 7,442,790 (±0.3% / ±21,127)
13% ±9.3% (55  ±42.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lawrence County: 18.6% 7,540 (±1.5% / ±622.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 31% 2,514,129 (±0.2% / ±13,218.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

1.6% ±2.2% (8  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Lawrence County: 7.9% † 3,532 (±0.8% / ±375)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ohio: 6.8% 626,617 (±0.1% / ±5,437)
8 Total veterans ±11 8 Male ±11 N/A Female ±13

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