Decatur vs Prairie Creek

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

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

Prairie Creek has the higher population (2,367 vs 1,516 in Decatur). Prairie Creek has the higher median household income ($94,457 vs $43,239 in Decatur). Prairie Creek has the higher median home value ($360,200 vs $141,800 in Decatur).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Prairie Creek
Population	1,516	2,367
Median age	36.8 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,239	$94,457
Median home value	$141,800	$360,200
Median gross rent	$759	$1,069
Housing units	700	987
Homeownership rate	46.8%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Prairie Creek
Population	1,837 → 1,516 (-17.5%)	2,421 → 2,367 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$40,750 → $43,239 (+6.1%)	$74,922 → $94,457 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $141,800 (+61.7%)	$222,800 → $360,200 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $759 (+29.5%)	$867 → $1,069 (+23.3%)

Decatur

Population

1,8371,516

Median household income

$40,750$43,239

Median home value

$87,700$141,800

Median gross rent

$586$759

Prairie Creek

Population

2,4212,367

Median household income

$74,922$94,457

Median home value

$222,800$360,200

Median gross rent

$867$1,069

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Prairie Creek
Under 5	6.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.9%	8.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.2%
25 to 34	17.2%	18.8%
35 to 44	20.1%	7.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	16.2%
55 to 64	10.3%	16.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	12.6%
75 and over	3.2%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Prairie Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	81.3%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	2.3%
Two or more races	15.3%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Prairie Creek
No high school diploma	22.7%	1.2%
High school graduate	47.1%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Prairie Creek
Drove alone	93.1%	78.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	18.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Prairie Creek
1-unit, detached	58.4%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	20.9%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Prairie Creek
Poverty rate	20.6%	10.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1992	1990