What is the population of Decatur city?

Decatur city has 1,516 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #169 of 625 in Arkansas.

What is the median household income in Decatur city?

Median household income in Decatur city is $43,239 a year, 44.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Decatur city?

Median gross rent is $759 a month and the median home value is $141,800, so rent absorbs about 21.1% of median household income.

Is Decatur city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Decatur city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Decatur, AR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Decatur, Arkansas (Decatur, AR — Census place “Decatur city”) is 1,516 residents, ranking #169 of 625 places in Arkansas. Median household income is $43,239, the median home is worth $141,800 and median gross rent runs $759 a month. Looking for the Decatur Arkansas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Decatur, AR: 72722.

Population: 1,516Decatur city residents
Median household income: $43,239Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $141,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $759Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 46.8%Owner-occupied households

Decatur ZIP codes (Arkansas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Decatur.

The Decatur AR ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

72722

What the numbers mean in Decatur city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Decatur city median would spend about 21.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 20.6% of residents and 46.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Decatur city, AR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Decatur city is a small town in Arkansas, with 1,516 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #169 of 625 ranked by population — larger than 73% of them. The median age here is 36.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Decatur city earn a median of $43,239 a year, 44.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 12% below the $49,306 median for the 209 Arkansas cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 20.6% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Decatur city is valued at $141,800, 53.3% below the national figure and 10% above the $128,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $759 a month, 46% below the national figure, or roughly $9,108 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 46.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Decatur city?: Decatur city has 1,516 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #169 of 625 in Arkansas.
What is the median household income in Decatur city?: Median household income in Decatur city is $43,239 a year, 44.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Decatur city?: Median gross rent is $759 a month and the median home value is $141,800, so rent absorbs about 21.1% of median household income.
Is Decatur city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Decatur city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Decatur city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.