Decatur vs Falkville

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

Decatur and Falkville 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 1,464 in Falkville). Decatur has the higher median household income ($59,831 vs $43,145 in Falkville). Decatur has the higher median home value ($190,500 vs $118,300 in Falkville).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Falkville
Population	57,760	1,464
Median age	40.4 yrs	56.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,831	$43,145
Median home value	$190,500	$118,300
Median gross rent	$861	$666
Housing units	25,654	512
Homeownership rate	63.0%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Falkville
Population	54,478 → 57,760 (+6.0%)	1,348 → 1,464 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$48,429 → $59,831 (+23.5%)	$42,813 → $43,145 (+0.8%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $190,500 (+41.6%)	$86,800 → $118,300 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $861 (+31.5%)	$692 → $666 (-3.8%)

Decatur

Population

54,47857,760

Median household income

$48,429$59,831

Median home value

$134,500$190,500

Median gross rent

$655$861

Falkville

Population

1,3481,464

Median household income

$42,813$43,145

Median home value

$86,800$118,300

Median gross rent

$692$666

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Falkville
Under 5	6.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	6.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	11.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	7.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	8.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	22.7%
75 and over	7.2%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Falkville
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	81.8%
Black or African American	22.1%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Falkville
No high school diploma	16.9%	13.6%
High school graduate	29.7%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Falkville
Drove alone	83.6%	89.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	9.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	0.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Falkville
1-unit, detached	69.6%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	4.3%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Falkville
Poverty rate	12.8%	14.5%
Average household size	2.36	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1977	1972