City safety & data profile

DecaturAL

Decatur, AL is a 55K-resident city in Morgan County with a median household income of $61,563.

Morgan County, Alabama. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Decatur, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Decatur has a population larger than 82% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $210,200, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

55K
Population (place)
Top 18%
By size
$61,563
Median income (place)
$210,200
Median home (place)
13.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Decatur

Decatur posts a median household income higher than 25% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Decatur area.

Bottom 26%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Decatur

Where Decatur income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$61,563 Bottom 25% higher than 25% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Decatur $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in AL

Population among 65 AL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Huntsville is the largest AL city on this list; Mountain Brook leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in AL

Median household income among the same 65-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Mountain Brook posts the highest place-level median income in AL; Huntsville is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Decatur, AL beyond the headline numbers

Decatur sits inside Morgan County, Alabama, at roughly 34.61°N, -86.98°W. Population 55,437, $61,563 median household income. Median home value $210,200, median rent $896. Poverty rate 13.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Decatur, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Decatur, AL stands at 13.1%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Decatur costs roughly 3.4 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 6.6% of Decatur workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, high blood pressure departs furthest from its peer median: 45.9% in Decatur, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Decatur from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
55,437
Decatur · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$61,563
-31% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$210,200
-49% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Morgan County): Decatur's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
124K+4%
Median Income
$68,845+54%
Median Home Value
$212,000+76%
Poverty Rate
13.5%-14%
Unemployment
3.7%-69%

Economics

Economics indicators for Decatur, AL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$896/mo
Poverty Rate
13.1% +6% vs avg
Unemployment 4.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 22.4%
Work From Home 6.6%
Public Transit 0.5%

Population

White 58.2%
African American 24.2%
Asian 0.9%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
45.9%
Obesity
40.5%
Short Sleep Duration
40.3%
Physical Inactivity
32.6%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.4%
Current Smoking
17%
Diabetes
16%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
14.1%
Binge Drinking
13.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 54.4%
Annual Checkup 79.6%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.8%
Stroke
4.4%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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1
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0
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0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
DECATUR MORGAN HOSPITAL - DECATUR CAMPUS
DECATUR · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Decatur?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Decatur right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet AL-DECATUR-AL · Decatur

Decatur: 7 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 7 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dallas

Tagged alert mix: Decatur

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 7 tagged notices on record for Decatur.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Dallas, TX (7 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Decatur; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Alabama state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (7 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Dallas, TX 7 alerts Leicester, MA 7 alerts Central, LA 8 alerts Detroit, MI 6 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Decatur, AL? ▼
Decatur, AL has a population of 55,437 people, located in Morgan County, Alabama.
What is the median household income in Decatur? ▼
The median household income in Decatur, AL is $61,563 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 13.1%.
What is the median home value in Decatur? ▼
The median home value in Decatur, AL is $210,200. Median rent is $896/month.
What are the top health concerns in Decatur? ▼
The top health indicators in Decatur include High Blood Pressure (45.9%), Obesity (40.5%), Short Sleep Duration (40.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Decatur? ▼
Decatur has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Decatur? ▼
The median age in Decatur, AL is 39.7 years. 22.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Decatur, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AL (13.1% here).

Fort Worth, TX 13.1% Largo, FL 13.1% Cathedral City, CA 13.1% Wheaton, MD 13.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AL ($61,563 here).

Lawrenceville, GA $61,561 McAllen, TX $61,579 Borger, TX $61,583 Oneida, NY $61,597

Compare Decatur with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Hartselle, AL 14K Athens, AL 25K Madison, AL 47K Huntsville, AL 215K Cullman, AL 15K East Florence, AL 36K Muscle Shoals, AL 14K Florence, AL 40K
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Using Decatur's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Decatur area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Decatur against Alabama peers on any ranking lens. Explore Alabama

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Morgan County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.