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Decatur township, Mifflin County, PA

2,942 Population
45.1 square miles 65.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mifflin County: 43.4 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,316 ±$4,042 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Mifflin County: $31,620 ±$1,136
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,302 ±$16,139 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Mifflin County: $63,953 ±$3,171
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.3% ±10% (565  ±294) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mifflin County: 16.2% † 7,360 (±2.4% / ±1,075)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.9 minutes ±3.7 (35,005  ±6,065) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mifflin County: 25 493,135 (±1.4 / ±31,265)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,147 ±89 Number of households
  • Mifflin County: 18,510 ±399
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (2,942  ±30) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Mifflin County: 2.5 45,337 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±6.4% (29  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Mifflin County: 6.2% † 556 (±1.6% / ±141)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,323 ±102 Number of housing units
  • Mifflin County: 21,468 ±52
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$164,100 ±$14,670 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Mifflin County: $156,700 ±$4,766
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.9% ±2.3% (84  ±65.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Mifflin County: 8.8% † 4,010 (±1.5% / ±693.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.1% ±8.9% (1,928  ±224.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mifflin County: 84.6% 27,423 (±3% / ±972)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7.7% ±2.5% (167  ±55.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Mifflin County: 14.9% † 4,840 (±1.5% / ±491.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about one-fifth 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

0.4% ±0.4% (11  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Mifflin County: 1.2% 560
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.7% ±2.4% (178  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Mifflin County: 8% † 2,860 (±0.9% / ±329)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
178 Total veterans ±57 162 Male ±56 16 Female ±14

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