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Decatur, TX

7,087 Population
9.3 square miles 763.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±4.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.5 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$37,382 ±$5,031 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $44,447 ±$239
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$71,919 ±$3,299 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $87,155 ±$524
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

7.3% ±3.7% (494  ±247) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 10.6% 813,280 (±0.2% / ±15,012)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

23.7 minutes ±3.4 (73,905  ±13,710) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 28 92,664,670 (±0.1 / ±504,659)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

2,818 ±277 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,825,878 ±4,240
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.4 ±0.2 (6,884  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.7 7,717,080
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

0.8% ±1.3% (15  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.5% 108,624 (±0.2% / ±3,136)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

3,155 ±327 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 3,030,663 ±579
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$242,200 ±$28,655 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $330,300 ±$1,213
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

9.1% ±3.8% (640  ±267.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 14% 1,081,801 (±0.2% / ±16,614.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

89.2% ±10.2% (4,121  ±547.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 87.3% 4,466,150 (±0.4% / ±18,768.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
23.2% ±5.9% (1,073  ±280.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 38.5% 1,968,490 (±0.2% / ±12,332.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

13.5% ±4.5% (954  ±321) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 19% 1,484,398
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

6% ±2.5% (315  ±133) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.6% 324,151 (±0.1% / ±4,900)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
315 Total veterans ±133 315 Male ±133 N/A Female ±21

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