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Decatur, AL Urban Area

61,406 Population
43.5 square miles 1,412.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,794 ±$1,944 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,783 ±$5,956 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.8% ±2% (7,591  ±1,213) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.7 minutes ±0.8 (539,480  ±30,782) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

24,479 ±754 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (59,707  ±981) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.7% ±1.5% (487  ±195) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

26,322 ±655 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$205,100 ±$7,507 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.4% ±1.8% (6,922  ±1,101.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.7% ±3.1% (34,602  ±1,488.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.2% ±1.4% (8,339  ±616.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

9.1% ±1.9% (5,613  ±1,177) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.6% ±0.9% (3,529  ±402) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,529 Total veterans ±402 3,274 Male ±372 255 Female ±103

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