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Decatur Independent School District, TX

21,724 Population
213.2 square miles 101.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Wise County: 39.5 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,216 ±$2,998 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wise County: $38,827 ±$1,157
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$94,259 ±$4,907 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Wise County: $93,421 ±$4,689
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.9% ±2.4% (1,478  ±524) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wise County: 8.9% † 6,536 (±1.6% / ±1,149)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.3 minutes ±1.7 (245,260  ±27,035) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wise County: 34.3 1,058,115 (±2.7 / ±89,693)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,522 ±473 Number of households
  • Wise County: 25,135 ±439
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.3 (21,530  ±1,315) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wise County: 2.9 73,875 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.9% ±2.3% (201  ±121) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wise County: 5.8% † 956 (±1.3% / ±218)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,212 ±498 Number of housing units
  • Wise County: 27,530 ±48
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$340,500 ±$24,362 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wise County: $304,900 ±$12,837
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.4% ±3.4% (2,448  ±734.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Wise County: 11.5% † 8,506 (±1.3% / ±990.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.1% ±3.7% (12,833  ±895) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wise County: 87% 44,228 (±3.1% / ±1,564.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.7% ±2.7% (3,631  ±451.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wise County: 22.2% 11,265 (±1.5% / ±762)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about two-thirds 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

10.7% ±2.4% (2,327  ±532) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wise County: 8% 5,998
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.6% ±1.9% (1,588  ±330) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wise County: 8.8% † 4,955 (±0.9% / ±504)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,588 Total veterans ±330 1,421 Male ±302 167 Female ±81

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