Decatur vs Highfill

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

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

Highfill has the higher population (1,899 vs 1,516 in Decatur). Highfill has the higher median household income ($102,000 vs $43,239 in Decatur). Highfill has the higher median home value ($229,000 vs $141,800 in Decatur).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Highfill
Population	1,516	1,899
Median age	36.8 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,239	$102,000
Median home value	$141,800	$229,000
Median gross rent	$759	$1,394
Housing units	700	742
Homeownership rate	46.8%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Highfill
Population	1,837 → 1,516 (-17.5%)	874 → 1,899 (+117.3%)
Median household income	$40,750 → $43,239 (+6.1%)	$77,500 → $102,000 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $141,800 (+61.7%)	$199,400 → $229,000 (+14.8%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $759 (+29.5%)	$770 → $1,394 (+81.0%)

Decatur

Population

1,8371,516

Median household income

$40,750$43,239

Median home value

$87,700$141,800

Median gross rent

$586$759

Highfill

Population

8741,899

Median household income

$77,500$102,000

Median home value

$199,400$229,000

Median gross rent

$770$1,394

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Highfill
Under 5	6.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.9%	20.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	4.2%
25 to 34	17.2%	25.8%
35 to 44	20.1%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.3%	6.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.0%
75 and over	3.2%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Highfill
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	76.9%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	1.4%
Asian	1.7%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	15.3%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Highfill
No high school diploma	22.7%	13.3%
High school graduate	47.1%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Highfill
Drove alone	93.1%	74.4%
Carpooled	3.5%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	21.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Highfill
1-unit, detached	58.4%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	20.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Highfill
Poverty rate	20.6%	4.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1992	2012