Decatur vs Geneva

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

Decatur and Geneva 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 1,267 in Geneva). Decatur has the higher median household income ($58,867 vs $52,813 in Geneva). Decatur has the higher median home value ($132,900 vs $127,400 in Geneva).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Geneva
Population	9,769	1,267
Median age	43.6 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,867	$52,813
Median home value	$132,900	$127,400
Median gross rent	$804	$643
Housing units	4,708	609
Homeownership rate	73.1%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Geneva
Population	9,863 → 9,769 (-1.0%)	1,312 → 1,267 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$45,149 → $58,867 (+30.4%)	$45,962 → $52,813 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$97,700 → $132,900 (+36.0%)	$87,000 → $127,400 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $804 (+29.9%)	$640 → $643 (+0.5%)

Decatur

Population

9,8639,769

Median household income

$45,149$58,867

Median home value

$97,700$132,900

Median gross rent

$619$804

Geneva

Population

1,3121,267

Median household income

$45,962$52,813

Median home value

$87,000$127,400

Median gross rent

$640$643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Geneva
Under 5	7.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	11.1%	18.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	7.9%
45 to 54	14.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.2%	19.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	12.0%
75 and over	7.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Geneva
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	86.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Geneva
No high school diploma	5.7%	11.9%
High school graduate	49.5%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Geneva
Drove alone	87.1%	87.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.8%
Other means	0.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Geneva
1-unit, detached	78.6%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	8.7%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Geneva
Poverty rate	10.8%	23.0%
Average household size	2.17	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1968	1971