Decker vs Edwardsport

A side-by-side comparison of Decker and Edwardsport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Edwardsport has the higher population (357 vs 204 in Decker). Edwardsport has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $47,188 in Decker). Edwardsport has the higher median home value ($53,900 vs $41,900 in Decker).

Population, income & housing

	Decker	Edwardsport
Population	204	357
Median age	52.7 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,188	$51,250
Median home value	$41,900	$53,900
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	99	155
Homeownership rate	90.8%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decker	Edwardsport
Population	241 → 204 (-15.4%)	340 → 357 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $47,188 (-19.7%)	$48,750 → $51,250 (+5.1%)
Median home value	$34,700 → $41,900 (+20.7%)	$47,900 → $53,900 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	$710 → $710 (+0.0%)	$825 → $950 (+15.2%)

Decker

Population

241204

Median household income

$58,750$47,188

Median home value

$34,700$41,900

Median gross rent

$710$710

Edwardsport

Population

340357

Median household income

$48,750$51,250

Median home value

$47,900$53,900

Median gross rent

$825$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decker	Edwardsport
Under 5	1.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.2%	17.1%
18 to 24	2.9%	10.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	16.8%
35 to 44	6.4%	8.1%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	28.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.3%	8.7%
75 and over	8.3%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decker	Edwardsport
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	99.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decker	Edwardsport
No high school diploma	15.6%	14.1%
High school graduate	55.1%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	13.8%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decker	Edwardsport
Drove alone	89.2%	85.1%
Carpooled	9.0%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decker	Edwardsport
1-unit, detached	74.7%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.3%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Decker	Edwardsport
Poverty rate	12.0%	22.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1942	1938