Decker vs Sandborn

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

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

Sandborn has the higher population (307 vs 204 in Decker). Sandborn has the higher median household income ($61,641 vs $47,188 in Decker). Sandborn has the higher median home value ($99,400 vs $41,900 in Decker).

Population, income & housing

	Decker	Sandborn
Population	204	307
Median age	52.7 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,188	$61,641
Median home value	$41,900	$99,400
Median gross rent	—	$600
Housing units	99	202
Homeownership rate	90.8%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decker	Sandborn
Population	241 → 204 (-15.4%)	317 → 307 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $47,188 (-19.7%)	$63,182 → $61,641 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$34,700 → $41,900 (+20.7%)	$82,100 → $99,400 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$710 → $710 (+0.0%)	$763 → $600 (-21.4%)

Decker

Population

241204

Median household income

$58,750$47,188

Median home value

$34,700$41,900

Median gross rent

$710$710

Sandborn

Population

317307

Median household income

$63,182$61,641

Median home value

$82,100$99,400

Median gross rent

$763$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decker	Sandborn
Under 5	1.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	14.2%	12.4%
18 to 24	2.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	16.6%
35 to 44	6.4%	11.4%
45 to 54	14.2%	8.8%
55 to 64	28.9%	20.8%
65 to 74	12.3%	13.7%
75 and over	8.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decker	Sandborn
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	89.6%
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%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decker	Sandborn
No high school diploma	15.6%	11.5%
High school graduate	55.1%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	13.8%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decker	Sandborn
Drove alone	89.2%	83.8%
Carpooled	9.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decker	Sandborn
1-unit, detached	74.7%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.3%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Decker	Sandborn
Poverty rate	12.0%	9.8%
Average household size	2.34	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1942	1952