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Decatur, AL

57,361 Population
54.6 square miles 1,050.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 40.5 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$34,685 ±$2,141 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: $35,213 ±$951
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
$61,563 ±$5,205 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: $68,116 ±$2,498
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399

13.1% ±2.2% (7,352  ±1,217) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 13.4% 20,826 (±1.3% / ±1,992)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)

21.1 minutes ±1 (488,945  ±30,523) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 26 1,670,660 (±0.8 / ±62,953)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)

Families

23,722 ±694 Number of households
  • the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 62,667 ±600
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
2.4 ±0.1 (56,388  ±80) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 2.5 155,437 (±0 / ±60)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158

3.5% ±1.5% (422  ±178) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 4.9% † 1,689 (±1% / ±344)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)

Housing

25,467 ±578 Number of housing units
  • the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 69,308 ±124
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430

$210,200 ±$8,614 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: $202,500 ±$6,321
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076

10.6% ±1.8% (5,986  ±1,030.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 9.6% † 14,930 (±1% / ±1,583)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)

Social

84.8% ±3.5% (33,246  ±1,510.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 85.7% 93,235 (±2% / ±2,225.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
22.5% ±1.6% (8,804  ±658.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 21.5% 23,434 (±1% / ±1,107.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)

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

8.5% ±2% (4,887  ±1,164) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 4.6% 7,314
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578

7.2% ±0.9% (3,135  ±374) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Decatur, AL Metro Area: 8% 9,676 (±0.7% / ±822)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
3,135 Total veterans ±374 2,936 Male ±343 199 Female ±90

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