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Decatur, AL Urban Area

61,581 Population
43.5 square miles 1,416.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$32,167 ±$1,651 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$59,352 ±$4,072 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

13.3% ±1.9% (7,923  ±1,164) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

21 minutes ±0.7 (539,995  ±28,555) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

24,685 ±617 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (59,874  ±923) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.1% ±1.5% (656  ±193) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

26,608 ±594 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$184,900 ±$7,955 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

11.2% ±1.9% (6,784  ±1,133.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

82.1% ±3.2% (34,006  ±1,488.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
20.1% ±1.5% (8,338  ±624.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

8.3% ±1.4% (5,091  ±847) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.4% ±1% (3,454  ±446) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
3,454 Total veterans ±446 3,202 Male ±435 252 Female ±116

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