Decatur vs Redan

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

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

Redan has the higher population (30,426 vs 24,470 in Decatur). Decatur has the higher median household income ($140,480 vs $63,226 in Redan). Decatur has the higher median home value ($655,900 vs $197,600 in Redan).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Redan
Population	24,470	30,426
Median age	39.6 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$140,480	$63,226
Median home value	$655,900	$197,600
Median gross rent	$1,716	$1,436
Housing units	10,475	12,250
Homeownership rate	66.1%	58.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.3%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Redan
Population	24,002 → 24,470 (+1.9%)	31,873 → 30,426 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$106,088 → $140,480 (+32.4%)	$49,464 → $63,226 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$521,900 → $655,900 (+25.7%)	$115,100 → $197,600 (+71.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,015 → $1,716 (+69.1%)	$1,134 → $1,436 (+26.6%)

Decatur

Population

24,00224,470

Median household income

$106,088$140,480

Median home value

$521,900$655,900

Median gross rent

$1,015$1,716

Redan

Population

31,87330,426

Median household income

$49,464$63,226

Median home value

$115,100$197,600

Median gross rent

$1,134$1,436

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Redan
Under 5	6.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	22.3%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	9.0%	18.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	17.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	15.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.1%
75 and over	6.6%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Redan
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	2.9%
Black or African American	12.5%	91.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Redan
No high school diploma	4.0%	6.4%
High school graduate	7.5%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	11.2%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.8%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	43.5%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Redan
Drove alone	50.8%	68.9%
Carpooled	2.9%	9.3%
Public transit	4.2%	6.9%
Walked	5.5%	0.1%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	34.5%	13.3%
Other means	0.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Redan
1-unit, detached	48.1%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	13.8%
20 or more units	27.7%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Redan
Poverty rate	5.2%	11.9%
Average household size	2.57	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1975	1985