Decatur vs Priceville

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

Decatur and Priceville 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 3,653 in Priceville). Priceville has the higher median household income ($108,398 vs $59,831 in Decatur). Priceville has the higher median home value ($233,100 vs $190,500 in Decatur).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Priceville
Population	57,760	3,653
Median age	40.4 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,831	$108,398
Median home value	$190,500	$233,100
Median gross rent	$861	$871
Housing units	25,654	1,205
Homeownership rate	63.0%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Priceville
Population	54,478 → 57,760 (+6.0%)	3,475 → 3,653 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$48,429 → $59,831 (+23.5%)	$91,797 → $108,398 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $190,500 (+41.6%)	$195,100 → $233,100 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $861 (+31.5%)	$743 → $871 (+17.2%)

Decatur

Population

54,47857,760

Median household income

$48,429$59,831

Median home value

$134,500$190,500

Median gross rent

$655$861

Priceville

Population

3,4753,653

Median household income

$91,797$108,398

Median home value

$195,100$233,100

Median gross rent

$743$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Priceville
Under 5	6.1%	8.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	14.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	7.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	17.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	5.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	7.2%
75 and over	7.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Priceville
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	92.0%
Black or African American	22.1%	2.8%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Priceville
No high school diploma	16.9%	8.8%
High school graduate	29.7%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Priceville
Drove alone	83.6%	88.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	3.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	8.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Priceville
1-unit, detached	69.6%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Priceville
Poverty rate	12.8%	2.7%
Average household size	2.36	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1977	2004