Decatur vs Tucker

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

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

Tucker has the higher population (37,022 vs 24,470 in Decatur). Decatur has the higher median household income ($140,480 vs $81,141 in Tucker). Decatur has the higher median home value ($655,900 vs $359,300 in Tucker).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Tucker
Population	24,470	37,022
Median age	39.6 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$140,480	$81,141
Median home value	$655,900	$359,300
Median gross rent	$1,716	$1,458
Housing units	10,475	16,305
Homeownership rate	66.1%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.3%	44.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Tucker
Population	24,002 → 24,470 (+1.9%)	35,965 → 37,022 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$106,088 → $140,480 (+32.4%)	$70,522 → $81,141 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$521,900 → $655,900 (+25.7%)	$256,200 → $359,300 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,015 → $1,716 (+69.1%)	$1,075 → $1,458 (+35.6%)

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

Tucker

Population

35,96537,022

Median household income

$70,522$81,141

Median home value

$256,200$359,300

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,458

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Tucker
Under 5	6.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	22.3%	12.6%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.0%
25 to 34	9.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	17.0%	15.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.3%
75 and over	6.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Tucker
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	37.2%
Black or African American	12.5%	40.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	5.5%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Tucker
No high school diploma	4.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	7.5%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	11.2%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.8%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	43.5%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Tucker
Drove alone	50.8%	64.8%
Carpooled	2.9%	9.0%
Public transit	4.2%	1.3%
Walked	5.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.5%	22.3%
Other means	0.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Tucker
1-unit, detached	48.1%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	17.4%
20 or more units	27.7%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Tucker
Poverty rate	5.2%	11.8%
Average household size	2.57	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1975	1980