Berne vs Decatur

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

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

Decatur has the higher population (9,769 vs 3,906 in Berne). Berne has the higher median household income ($59,413 vs $58,867 in Decatur). Berne has the higher median home value ($145,600 vs $132,900 in Decatur).

Population, income & housing

	Berne	Decatur
Population	3,906	9,769
Median age	38.9 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,413	$58,867
Median home value	$145,600	$132,900
Median gross rent	$735	$804
Housing units	1,588	4,708
Homeownership rate	70.2%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berne	Decatur
Population	4,235 → 3,906 (-7.8%)	9,863 → 9,769 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$45,185 → $59,413 (+31.5%)	$45,149 → $58,867 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$101,000 → $145,600 (+44.2%)	$97,700 → $132,900 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $735 (+38.7%)	$619 → $804 (+29.9%)

Berne

Population

4,2353,906

Median household income

$45,185$59,413

Median home value

$101,000$145,600

Median gross rent

$530$735

Decatur

Population

9,8639,769

Median household income

$45,149$58,867

Median home value

$97,700$132,900

Median gross rent

$619$804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berne	Decatur
Under 5	5.6%	7.8%
5 to 17	20.9%	11.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	15.2%
65 to 74	7.8%	11.3%
75 and over	11.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berne	Decatur
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	87.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berne	Decatur
No high school diploma	5.5%	5.7%
High school graduate	50.4%	49.5%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berne	Decatur
Drove alone	79.8%	87.1%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berne	Decatur
1-unit, detached	69.5%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	11.2%
20 or more units	11.2%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Berne	Decatur
Poverty rate	10.7%	10.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1974	1968