Decatur vs Weldon

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

Decatur and Weldon 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 90 in Weldon). Weldon has the higher median household income ($37,708 vs $33,750 in Decatur).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Weldon
Population	163	90
Median age	38.8 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$33,750	$37,708
Median home value	$84,200	—
Housing units	93	47
Homeownership rate	95.5%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Weldon
Population	—	142 → 90 (-36.6%)
Median household income	—	$31,875 → $37,708 (+18.3%)
Median home value	—	$54,400 → $78,300 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$825 → $825 (+0.0%)

Decatur

Weldon

Population

14290

Median household income

$31,875$37,708

Median home value

$54,400$78,300

Median gross rent

$825$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Weldon
Under 5	8.0%	7.8%
5 to 17	10.4%	23.3%
18 to 24	27.0%	4.4%
25 to 34	2.5%	2.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.3%	24.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	16.7%
75 and over	8.6%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Weldon
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	96.7%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Weldon
No high school diploma	15.7%	17.2%
High school graduate	53.9%	56.9%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Weldon
Drove alone	94.7%	97.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	3.0%
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%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Weldon
1-unit, detached	68.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Weldon
Poverty rate	31.3%	11.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	38	23
Median year structure built	1977	1938