Decatur vs Trinity

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

Decatur and Trinity 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 2,533 in Trinity). Trinity has the higher median household income ($95,625 vs $59,831 in Decatur). Trinity has the higher median home value ($233,600 vs $190,500 in Decatur).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Trinity
Population	57,760	2,533
Median age	40.4 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,831	$95,625
Median home value	$190,500	$233,600
Median gross rent	$861	$691
Housing units	25,654	1,024
Homeownership rate	63.0%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Trinity
Population	54,478 → 57,760 (+6.0%)	2,493 → 2,533 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$48,429 → $59,831 (+23.5%)	$60,691 → $95,625 (+57.6%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $190,500 (+41.6%)	$154,400 → $233,600 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $861 (+31.5%)	$415 → $691 (+66.5%)

Decatur

Population

54,47857,760

Median household income

$48,429$59,831

Median home value

$134,500$190,500

Median gross rent

$655$861

Trinity

Population

2,4932,533

Median household income

$60,691$95,625

Median home value

$154,400$233,600

Median gross rent

$415$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Trinity
Under 5	6.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.4%	22.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	8.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	15.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.4%
75 and over	7.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Trinity
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	78.9%
Black or African American	22.1%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
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%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Trinity
No high school diploma	16.9%	6.6%
High school graduate	29.7%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Trinity
Drove alone	83.6%	94.1%
Carpooled	9.7%	3.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	1.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Trinity
1-unit, detached	69.6%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	0.2%
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%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Trinity
Poverty rate	12.8%	4.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1977	1988