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Decatur, AL Metro Area

158,635 Population
1,270.4 square miles 124.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,893 ±$1,849 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$72,956 ±$7,835 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

10.4% ±2.5% (16,088  ±3,809) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25.3 minutes ±0.8 (1,640,805  ±62,788) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

64,526 ±1,530 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (156,460  ±103) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.6% ±2.4% (1,868  ±822) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

69,599 ±55 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$213,500 ±$10,834 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.6% ±2% (13,545  ±3,150.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

86.6% ±4.3% (95,075  ±4,886.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
22.7% ±2.2% (24,931  ±2,484.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

3.4% (5,445  ±1,539) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8.3% ±1.2% (10,089  ±1,500) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
10,089 Total veterans ±1,500 9,544 Male ±1,459 545 Female ±302

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