Decker vs Wheatland

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

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

Wheatland has the higher population (352 vs 204 in Decker). Wheatland has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $47,188 in Decker). Wheatland has the higher median home value ($58,600 vs $41,900 in Decker).

Population, income & housing

	Decker	Wheatland
Population	204	352
Median age	52.7 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,188	$47,500
Median home value	$41,900	$58,600
Median gross rent	—	$683
Housing units	99	183
Homeownership rate	90.8%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decker	Wheatland
Population	241 → 204 (-15.4%)	474 → 352 (-25.7%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $47,188 (-19.7%)	$42,292 → $47,500 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$34,700 → $41,900 (+20.7%)	$55,000 → $58,600 (+6.5%)
Median gross rent	$710 → $710 (+0.0%)	$612 → $683 (+11.6%)

Decker

Population

241204

Median household income

$58,750$47,188

Median home value

$34,700$41,900

Median gross rent

$710$710

Wheatland

Population

474352

Median household income

$42,292$47,500

Median home value

$55,000$58,600

Median gross rent

$612$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decker	Wheatland
Under 5	1.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	2.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	6.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	14.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	28.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.3%	15.3%
75 and over	8.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decker	Wheatland
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	97.4%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decker	Wheatland
No high school diploma	15.6%	13.5%
High school graduate	55.1%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	13.8%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decker	Wheatland
Drove alone	89.2%	78.9%
Carpooled	9.0%	17.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decker	Wheatland
1-unit, detached	74.7%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.3%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Decker	Wheatland
Poverty rate	12.0%	8.2%
Average household size	2.34	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	24	36
Median year structure built	1942	1949