What is the population of Decatur town?

Decatur town has 1,860 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #227 of 504 in Tennessee.

What is the median household income in Decatur town?

Median household income in Decatur town is $48,203 a year, 38.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $821 a month and the median home value is $218,800, so rent absorbs about 20.4% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Decatur town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Decatur, TN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Decatur, Tennessee (Decatur, TN — Census place “Decatur town”) is 1,860 residents, ranking #227 of 504 places in Tennessee. Median household income is $48,203, the median home is worth $218,800 and median gross rent runs $821 a month. Looking for the Decatur Tennessee ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Decatur, TN: 37322.

Population: 1,860Decatur town residents
Median household income: $48,203Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $218,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $821Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 55.6%Owner-occupied households

Decatur ZIP codes (Tennessee)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Decatur.

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

37322

What the numbers mean in Decatur town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Decatur town median would spend about 20.4% 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 4.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 30.4% of residents and 55.6% 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 town, TN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Decatur town is a small town in Tennessee, with 1,860 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #227 of 504 ranked by population — larger than 55% of them. The median age here is 42 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 town earn a median of $48,203 a year, 38.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 14% below the $55,988 median for the 307 Tennessee cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 30.4% 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 town is valued at $218,800, 27.9% below the national figure and 14% above the $191,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $821 a month, 41.6% below the national figure, or roughly $9,852 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.4% 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 4.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 55.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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 town?: Decatur town has 1,860 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #227 of 504 in Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Decatur town?: Median household income in Decatur town is $48,203 a year, 38.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Decatur town?: Median gross rent is $821 a month and the median home value is $218,800, so rent absorbs about 20.4% of median household income.
Is Decatur town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Decatur town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Decatur town 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.