Decatur vs Lamoni

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

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

Lamoni has the higher population (2,121 vs 163 in Decatur). Lamoni has the higher median household income ($52,300 vs $33,750 in Decatur). Lamoni has the higher median home value ($107,900 vs $84,200 in Decatur).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Lamoni
Population	163	2,121
Median age	38.8 yrs	27.3 yrs
Median household income	$33,750	$52,300
Median home value	$84,200	$107,900
Median gross rent	—	$676
Housing units	93	916
Homeownership rate	95.5%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	48.7%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Lamoni
Population	—	2,554 → 2,121 (-17.0%)
Median household income	—	$37,373 → $52,300 (+39.9%)
Median home value	—	$93,300 → $107,900 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$614 → $676 (+10.1%)

Decatur

Lamoni

Population

2,5542,121

Median household income

$37,373$52,300

Median home value

$93,300$107,900

Median gross rent

$614$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Lamoni
Under 5	8.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	10.4%	10.1%
18 to 24	27.0%	33.0%
25 to 34	2.5%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	6.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	6.1%
55 to 64	15.3%	8.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.1%
75 and over	8.6%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Lamoni
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Lamoni
No high school diploma	15.7%	7.2%
High school graduate	53.9%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	29.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Lamoni
Drove alone	94.7%	66.2%
Carpooled	4.0%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	18.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Lamoni
1-unit, detached	68.8%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	31.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Lamoni
Poverty rate	31.3%	13.2%
Average household size	2.47	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	38	12
Median year structure built	1977	1971