Decatur vs Garfield

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

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

Decatur has the higher population (1,516 vs 468 in Garfield). Garfield has the higher median household income ($70,909 vs $43,239 in Decatur). Garfield has the higher median home value ($197,200 vs $141,800 in Decatur).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Garfield
Population	1,516	468
Median age	36.8 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,239	$70,909
Median home value	$141,800	$197,200
Median gross rent	$759	$858
Housing units	700	237
Homeownership rate	46.8%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Garfield
Population	1,837 → 1,516 (-17.5%)	610 → 468 (-23.3%)
Median household income	$40,750 → $43,239 (+6.1%)	$59,375 → $70,909 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $141,800 (+61.7%)	$191,700 → $197,200 (+2.9%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $759 (+29.5%)	$788 → $858 (+8.9%)

Decatur

Population

1,8371,516

Median household income

$40,750$43,239

Median home value

$87,700$141,800

Median gross rent

$586$759

Garfield

Population

610468

Median household income

$59,375$70,909

Median home value

$191,700$197,200

Median gross rent

$788$858

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Garfield
Under 5	6.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.9%	6.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	17.2%	7.1%
35 to 44	20.1%	18.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	16.9%
55 to 64	10.3%	17.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	16.0%
75 and over	3.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Garfield
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	70.9%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	1.1%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.3%	15.4%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Garfield
No high school diploma	22.7%	14.2%
High school graduate	47.1%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Garfield
Drove alone	93.1%	82.4%
Carpooled	3.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	15.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Garfield
1-unit, detached	58.4%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	20.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	21.9%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Garfield
Poverty rate	20.6%	3.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1992	1991