Davis City vs Decatur

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

Davis City and Decatur are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Davis City has the higher population (170 vs 163 in Decatur). Davis City has the higher median household income ($37,417 vs $33,750 in Decatur). Decatur has the higher median home value ($84,200 vs $45,500 in Davis City).

Population, income & housing

	Davis City	Decatur
Population	170	163
Median age	37.5 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,417	$33,750
Median home value	$45,500	$84,200
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	94	93
Homeownership rate	66.7%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Davis City	Decatur
Population	235 → 170 (-27.7%)	—
Median household income	$36,042 → $37,417 (+3.8%)	—
Median home value	$36,100 → $45,500 (+26.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$608 → $725 (+19.2%)	—

Davis City

Population

235170

Median household income

$36,042$37,417

Median home value

$36,100$45,500

Median gross rent

$608$725

Decatur

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Davis City	Decatur
Under 5	0.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	10.4%
18 to 24	9.4%	27.0%
25 to 34	18.8%	2.5%
35 to 44	5.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	8.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.3%
65 to 74	12.9%	7.4%
75 and over	8.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Davis City	Decatur
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Davis City	Decatur
No high school diploma	14.5%	15.7%
High school graduate	42.7%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Davis City	Decatur
Drove alone	78.5%	94.7%
Carpooled	16.5%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Davis City	Decatur
1-unit, detached	84.0%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	31.2%

Poverty & households

	Davis City	Decatur
Poverty rate	18.8%	31.3%
Average household size	2.20	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	29	38
Median year structure built	1938	1977