Decatur vs Gravette

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

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

Gravette has the higher population (3,629 vs 1,516 in Decatur). Gravette has the higher median household income ($65,014 vs $43,239 in Decatur). Gravette has the higher median home value ($189,100 vs $141,800 in Decatur).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Gravette
Population	1,516	3,629
Median age	36.8 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,239	$65,014
Median home value	$141,800	$189,100
Median gross rent	$759	$1,028
Housing units	700	1,276
Homeownership rate	46.8%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Gravette
Population	1,837 → 1,516 (-17.5%)	3,381 → 3,629 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$40,750 → $43,239 (+6.1%)	$46,275 → $65,014 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $141,800 (+61.7%)	$112,400 → $189,100 (+68.2%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $759 (+29.5%)	$816 → $1,028 (+26.0%)

Decatur

Population

1,8371,516

Median household income

$40,750$43,239

Median home value

$87,700$141,800

Median gross rent

$586$759

Gravette

Population

3,3813,629

Median household income

$46,275$65,014

Median home value

$112,400$189,100

Median gross rent

$816$1,028

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Gravette
Under 5	6.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	15.9%	22.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	17.2%	13.8%
35 to 44	20.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.2%
75 and over	3.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Gravette
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	79.8%
Black or African American	5.6%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	15.3%	16.4%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Gravette
No high school diploma	22.7%	14.1%
High school graduate	47.1%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Gravette
Drove alone	93.1%	87.8%
Carpooled	3.5%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Gravette
1-unit, detached	58.4%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	20.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Gravette
Poverty rate	20.6%	5.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1992	1987