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Decatur, IN

9,811 Population
6.1 square miles 1,607.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±2.9 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: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,018 ±$2,481 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: $28,631 ±$1,035
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,646 ±$5,324 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: $65,289 ±$4,066
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.3% ±3.2% (1,071  ±308) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: 11.2% † 3,982 (±2.2% / ±769)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.9 minutes ±4.3 (114,510  ±21,911) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: 24.6 349,320 (±1.7 / ±27,488)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,389 ±317 Number of households
  • the Decatur, IN Micro Area: 12,401 ±244
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (9,506  ±641) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: 2.9 35,680 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.3% ±6% (222  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: 11.1% † 804 (±2.5% / ±183)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,716 ±280 Number of housing units
  • the Decatur, IN Micro Area: 13,308 ±45
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$142,800 ±$11,317 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: $178,400 ±$13,273
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.4% ±6.5% (1,960  ±630.8) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: 10.1% † 3,591 (±2.3% / ±822.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.9% ±5.1% (6,583  ±554) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: 88.9% 19,289 (±3.6% / ±781.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.3% ±2.6% (862  ±190.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: 16.2% † 3,506 (±1.7% / ±359.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about one-third 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

1.7% ±1.2% (170  ±115) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: 1.6% 574
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.1% ±1.4% (322  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Decatur, IN Micro Area: 4.3% † 1,059 (±1% / ±243)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
322 Total veterans ±110 292 Male ±102 30 Female ±37

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