Decatur vs Eva

A side-by-side comparison of Decatur and Eva: population, income, housing, and more.

Decatur and Eva are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Decatur has the higher population (57,760 vs 692 in Eva). Eva has the higher median household income ($99,250 vs $59,831 in Decatur). Decatur has the higher median home value ($190,500 vs $176,600 in Eva).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Eva
Population	57,760	692
Median age	40.4 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,831	$99,250
Median home value	$190,500	$176,600
Median gross rent	$861	$721
Housing units	25,654	277
Homeownership rate	63.0%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Eva
Population	54,478 → 57,760 (+6.0%)	545 → 692 (+27.0%)
Median household income	$48,429 → $59,831 (+23.5%)	$76,458 → $99,250 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $190,500 (+41.6%)	$155,400 → $176,600 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $861 (+31.5%)	$618 → $721 (+16.7%)

Decatur

Population

54,47857,760

Median household income

$48,429$59,831

Median home value

$134,500$190,500

Median gross rent

$655$861

Eva

Population

545692

Median household income

$76,458$99,250

Median home value

$155,400$176,600

Median gross rent

$618$721

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Eva
Under 5	6.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	10.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	16.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	15.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	10.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.0%
75 and over	7.2%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Eva
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	96.5%
Black or African American	22.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Eva
No high school diploma	16.9%	11.2%
High school graduate	29.7%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Eva
Drove alone	83.6%	93.5%
Carpooled	9.7%	3.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	3.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Eva
1-unit, detached	69.6%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Eva
Poverty rate	12.8%	8.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1977	1987