Decatur vs Sulphur Springs

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

Decatur and Sulphur Springs 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 516 in Sulphur Springs). Decatur has the higher median household income ($43,239 vs $34,500 in Sulphur Springs). Decatur has the higher median home value ($141,800 vs $110,700 in Sulphur Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Sulphur Springs
Population	1,516	516
Median age	36.8 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,239	$34,500
Median home value	$141,800	$110,700
Median gross rent	$759	$874
Housing units	700	241
Homeownership rate	46.8%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Sulphur Springs
Population	1,837 → 1,516 (-17.5%)	464 → 516 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$40,750 → $43,239 (+6.1%)	$24,766 → $34,500 (+39.3%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $141,800 (+61.7%)	$65,000 → $110,700 (+70.3%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $759 (+29.5%)	$759 → $874 (+15.2%)

Decatur

Population

1,8371,516

Median household income

$40,750$43,239

Median home value

$87,700$141,800

Median gross rent

$586$759

Sulphur Springs

Population

464516

Median household income

$24,766$34,500

Median home value

$65,000$110,700

Median gross rent

$759$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Sulphur Springs
Under 5	6.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.1%	11.2%
25 to 34	17.2%	24.8%
35 to 44	20.1%	9.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	10.3%	7.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.3%
75 and over	3.2%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Sulphur Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	59.3%
Black or African American	5.6%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.3%	32.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Sulphur Springs
No high school diploma	22.7%	29.2%
High school graduate	47.1%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Sulphur Springs
Drove alone	93.1%	69.1%
Carpooled	3.5%	24.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Sulphur Springs
1-unit, detached	58.4%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	20.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Sulphur Springs
Poverty rate	20.6%	33.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1992	1955