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Decatur, MI

1,814 Population
1.4 square miles 1,342.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Van Buren County: 41.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,168 ±$4,975 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Van Buren County: $33,243 ±$948
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$58,281 ±$5,257 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Van Buren County: $66,902 ±$3,047
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

21.6% ±9.4% (389  ±181) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Van Buren County: 13.8% † 10,340 (±1.4% / ±1,074)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

25.2 minutes ±2.5 (18,940  ±4,867) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Van Buren County: 24.3 732,015 (±0.8 / ±33,951)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

742 ±143 Number of households
  • Van Buren County: 30,101 ±504
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.4 ±0.6 (1,796  ±308) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Van Buren County: 2.5 74,555 (±0 / ±25)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

8.8% ±6.3% (37  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Van Buren County: 6% † 926 (±1.5% / ±225)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

838 ±155 Number of housing units
  • Van Buren County: 37,243 ±86
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$121,900 ±$13,125 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Van Buren County: $189,900 ±$4,723
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

12.4% ±6.9% (219  ±127.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Van Buren County: 9.4% † 7,041 (±1.2% / ±926.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

86.4% ±19.4% (1,003  ±140.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Van Buren County: 88.8% 46,678 (±2.4% / ±1,242.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
14.3% ±6% (166  ±75.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Van Buren County: 22.9% 12,024 (±1.2% / ±637.5)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

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

3.8% ±3.3% (68  ±61) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Van Buren County: 4.9% 3,695
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

5.2% ±3.9% (72  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Van Buren County: 6.5% † 3,799 (±0.7% / ±388)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
72 Total veterans ±55 63 Male ±54 9 Female ±8

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