Decatur vs Hartselle

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

Decatur and Hartselle 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 15,586 in Hartselle). Hartselle has the higher median household income ($67,863 vs $59,831 in Decatur). Hartselle has the higher median home value ($192,200 vs $190,500 in Decatur).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Hartselle
Population	57,760	15,586
Median age	40.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,831	$67,863
Median home value	$190,500	$192,200
Median gross rent	$861	$751
Housing units	25,654	6,462
Homeownership rate	63.0%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Hartselle
Population	54,478 → 57,760 (+6.0%)	14,428 → 15,586 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$48,429 → $59,831 (+23.5%)	$59,697 → $67,863 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $190,500 (+41.6%)	$148,600 → $192,200 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $861 (+31.5%)	$681 → $751 (+10.3%)

Decatur

Population

54,47857,760

Median household income

$48,429$59,831

Median home value

$134,500$190,500

Median gross rent

$655$861

Hartselle

Population

14,42815,586

Median household income

$59,697$67,863

Median home value

$148,600$192,200

Median gross rent

$681$751

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Hartselle
Under 5	6.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.5%
75 and over	7.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Hartselle
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	84.4%
Black or African American	22.1%	7.6%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Hartselle
No high school diploma	16.9%	7.8%
High school graduate	29.7%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Hartselle
Drove alone	83.6%	86.4%
Carpooled	9.7%	7.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	4.9%
Other means	1.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Hartselle
1-unit, detached	69.6%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	3.6%
20 or more units	4.2%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Hartselle
Poverty rate	12.8%	12.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1977	1982