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Decatur, AL

57,760 Population
54.6 square miles 1,058 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 40.8 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$33,925 ±$1,881 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: $33,807 ±$904
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$59,831 ±$3,831 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: $63,987 ±$2,025
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

12.8% ±2% (7,209  ±1,108) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 13.6% 20,947 (±1.2% / ±1,855)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

20.6 minutes ±0.9 (494,625  ±29,604) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 25.3 1,640,805 (±0.8 / ±62,788)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

23,888 ±525 Number of households
  • the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 61,897 ±615
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.4 ±0.1 (56,392  ±186) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 2.5 154,544 (±0 / ±110)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

4.5% ±1.4% (532  ±168) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 5.4% † 1,847 (±0.9% / ±317)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

25,654 ±538 Number of housing units
  • the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 68,886 ±86
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$190,500 ±$7,817 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: $185,000 ±$5,261
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

10.3% ±1.8% (5,839  ±1,003.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 9.6% 14,838 (±0.9% / ±1,395.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

83.1% ±3.4% (33,193  ±1,471.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 85% 92,171 (±2.1% / ±2,239)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
22.8% ±1.6% (9,105  ±655.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 21.6% 23,428 (±1% / ±1,109.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

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

7.9% ±1.4% (4,587  ±829) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 4.6% 7,262
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

7.2% ±0.9% (3,180  ±414) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 7.9% 9,595 (±0.7% / ±806)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
3,180 Total veterans ±414 2,960 Male ±400 220 Female ±99

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