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Decatur, AR

1,567 Population
4.8 square miles 329.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±3.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 34.7 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,083 ±$3,387 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: $42,582 ±$916
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,179 ±$8,573 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: $81,650 ±$1,472
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.8% ±5% (181  ±83) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 10.8% 61,183 (±0.6% / ±3,241)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.8 minutes ±2.9 (12,720  ±3,678) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 21.6 5,317,805 (±0.2 / ±83,854)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

663 ±116 Number of households
  • the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 215,566 ±1,568
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (1,533  ±284) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 2.6 565,946 (±0 / ±168)
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.7% ±1.7% (2  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 5.2% 7,527 (±0.4% / ±642)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

758 ±130 Number of housing units
  • the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 235,908 ±195
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$157,600 ±$12,992 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: $307,200 ±$4,879
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.7% ±8.5% (262  ±141.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 13.8% 78,487 (±0.7% / ±3,789.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79.3% ±6.4% (886  ±173.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 89.2% 331,694 (±1.3% / ±4,715.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9% ±6% (101  ±69.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 35.9% 133,355 (±0.8% / ±2,939.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about one-quarter 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

22.6% ±8.3% (354  ±146) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 12.3% 70,790
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±2.7% (83  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 6.2% 27,185 (±0.3% / ±1,132)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
83 Total veterans ±35 81 Male ±35 2 Female ±4

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