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Decatur, IN

9,769 Population
6.1 square miles 1,600.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: 33.2 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$29,760 ±$2,486 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: $27,765 ±$1,371
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$58,867 ±$5,589 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: $63,128 ±$4,768
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

10.8% ±3.1% (1,023  ±300) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: 12.4% † 4,411 (±2.3% / ±808)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

23.4 minutes ±3.2 (100,660  ±17,637) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: 22.9 329,735 (±1.8 / ±28,586)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

4,360 ±294 Number of households
  • the Decatur, IN Micro Area: 12,345 ±231
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.2 ±0.2 (9,466  ±569) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: 2.9 35,417 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

10% ±5% (211  ±110) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: 11.5% † 835 (±2.8% / ±205)
  • nearly double the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

4,708 ±289 Number of housing units
  • the Decatur, IN Micro Area: 13,250 ±40
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$132,900 ±$9,075 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: $173,100 ±$8,403
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

17.7% ±5.8% (1,695  ±560.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: 8.5% † 2,995 (±1.9% / ±678.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

94.3% ±5.8% (6,576  ±553) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: 87% 18,739 (±3.8% / ±826.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
12.7% ±3.3% (887  ±234.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: 15.2% † 3,282 (±1.7% / ±369.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 28.8% 1,313,086 (±0.2% / ±9,554.8)

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

1.3% ±0.9% (130  ±87) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: 1.4% 499
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

4.2% ±1.5% (331  ±122) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: 4.5% † 1,122 (±0.9% / ±233)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
331 Total veterans ±122 324 Male ±121 7 Female ±12

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