Decatur vs Van Wert

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

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

Decatur has the higher population (163 vs 131 in Van Wert). Van Wert has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $33,750 in Decatur). Decatur has the higher median home value ($84,200 vs $62,300 in Van Wert).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Van Wert
Population	163	131
Median age	38.8 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$33,750	$58,750
Median home value	$84,200	$62,300
Median gross rent	—	$688
Housing units	93	86
Homeownership rate	95.5%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Van Wert
Population	—	142 → 131 (-7.7%)
Median household income	—	$40,313 → $58,750 (+45.7%)
Median home value	—	$58,600 → $62,300 (+6.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,097 → $688 (-37.3%)

Decatur

Van Wert

Population

142131

Median household income

$40,313$58,750

Median home value

$58,600$62,300

Median gross rent

$1,097$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Van Wert
Under 5	8.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	10.4%	8.4%
18 to 24	27.0%	13.7%
25 to 34	2.5%	1.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.7%
45 to 54	8.0%	7.6%
55 to 64	15.3%	21.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	18.3%
75 and over	8.6%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Van Wert
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	98.5%
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	8.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Van Wert
No high school diploma	15.7%	10.2%
High school graduate	53.9%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Van Wert
Drove alone	94.7%	90.3%
Carpooled	4.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Van Wert
1-unit, detached	68.8%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.2%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Van Wert
Poverty rate	31.3%	6.9%
Average household size	2.47	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	38	32
Median year structure built	1977	1956