Decatur vs Mount Zion

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

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

Decatur has the higher population (70,368 vs 6,076 in Mount Zion). Mount Zion has the higher median household income ($110,786 vs $50,809 in Decatur). Mount Zion has the higher median home value ($200,300 vs $97,300 in Decatur).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Mount Zion
Population	70,368	6,076
Median age	39.9 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,809	$110,786
Median home value	$97,300	$200,300
Median gross rent	$796	$696
Housing units	36,121	2,251
Homeownership rate	62.3%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Mount Zion
Population	72,359 → 70,368 (-2.8%)	5,975 → 6,076 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$42,701 → $50,809 (+19.0%)	$85,765 → $110,786 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $97,300 (+17.2%)	$152,000 → $200,300 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $796 (+16.5%)	$662 → $696 (+5.1%)

Decatur

Population

72,35970,368

Median household income

$42,701$50,809

Median home value

$83,000$97,300

Median gross rent

$683$796

Mount Zion

Population

5,9756,076

Median household income

$85,765$110,786

Median home value

$152,000$200,300

Median gross rent

$662$696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Mount Zion
Under 5	6.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.7%	27.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	3.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	6.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	18.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	10.3%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.9%
75 and over	9.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Mount Zion
White (non-Hispanic)	65.7%	89.7%
Black or African American	23.9%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Mount Zion
No high school diploma	8.2%	2.1%
High school graduate	40.2%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Mount Zion
Drove alone	80.2%	91.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	3.3%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	5.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Mount Zion
1-unit, detached	73.4%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	10.5%
20 or more units	8.3%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Mount Zion
Poverty rate	19.1%	3.5%
Average household size	2.18	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1960	1980