Decatur vs Linn Grove

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

Decatur and Linn Grove 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 238 in Linn Grove). Linn Grove has the higher median home value ($163,300 vs $132,900 in Decatur). Since 2019, Linn Grove's population has grown faster (+103.4% vs -1.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Linn Grove
Population	9,769	238
Median age	43.6 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,867	—
Median home value	$132,900	$163,300
Median gross rent	$804	—
Housing units	4,708	75
Homeownership rate	73.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Linn Grove
Population	9,863 → 9,769 (-1.0%)	117 → 238 (+103.4%)
Median household income	$45,149 → $58,867 (+30.4%)	—
Median home value	$97,700 → $132,900 (+36.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$619 → $804 (+29.9%)	—

Decatur

Population

9,8639,769

Median household income

$45,149$58,867

Median home value

$97,700$132,900

Median gross rent

$619$804

Linn Grove

Population

117238

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Linn Grove
Under 5	7.8%	8.8%
5 to 17	11.1%	17.6%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	18.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	27.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	0.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	0.0%
75 and over	7.6%	19.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Linn Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	54.6%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	45.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Linn Grove
No high school diploma	5.7%	86.5%
High school graduate	49.5%	13.5%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Linn Grove
Drove alone	87.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Linn Grove
1-unit, detached	78.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Linn Grove
Poverty rate	10.8%	54.2%
Average household size	2.17	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1968	1952