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Decatur, GA

24,470 Population
4.6 square miles 5,312.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 37 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$73,735 ±$5,566 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $44,798 ±$262
  • nearly double the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$140,480 ±$10,058 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $86,338 ±$676
  • nearly double the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

5.2% ±1.5% (1,243  ±343) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 11% 666,265 (±0.3% / ±15,096)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

26.2 minutes ±0.4 (194,455  ±19,179) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 31.2 77,687,664 (±0.1 / ±493,570)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

9,224 ±373 Number of households
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2,280,747 ±4,767
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.6 ±0.1 (23,726  ±54) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2.7 6,090,560 (±0 / ±1,245)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

4.2% ±1.7% (233  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 5% 79,278 (±0.2% / ±3,098)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

10,475 ±399 Number of housing units
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2,462,125 ±669
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$655,900 ±$26,560 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $335,100 ±$1,536
  • more than double the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

14.1% ±2.3% (3,405  ±559.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 13.2% 809,152 (±0.2% / ±14,013.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

96% ±4.2% (15,257  ±839.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 90.8% 3,760,519 (±0.4% / ±17,871)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
77.3% ±3.7% (12,282  ±716.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 41.5% 1,717,262 (±0.3% / ±11,573.8)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)

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

9.5% ±2.2% (2,332  ±543) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 14.8% 916,065
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

3.2% ±0.9% (553  ±149) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 6.5% 303,405 (±0.1% / ±4,704)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
553 Total veterans ±149 477 Male ±129 76 Female ±70

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