Decatur vs Mattawan

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

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

Mattawan has the higher population (2,615 vs 1,814 in Decatur). Mattawan has the higher median household income ($82,026 vs $58,281 in Decatur). Mattawan has the higher median home value ($177,500 vs $121,900 in Decatur).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Mattawan
Population	1,814	2,615
Median age	34.5 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,281	$82,026
Median home value	$121,900	$177,500
Median gross rent	$779	$1,038
Housing units	838	1,016
Homeownership rate	75.9%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Mattawan
Population	1,913 → 1,814 (-5.2%)	2,333 → 2,615 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$41,607 → $58,281 (+40.1%)	$48,636 → $82,026 (+68.7%)
Median home value	$83,100 → $121,900 (+46.7%)	$104,200 → $177,500 (+70.3%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $779 (+2.1%)	$918 → $1,038 (+13.1%)

Decatur

Population

1,9131,814

Median household income

$41,607$58,281

Median home value

$83,100$121,900

Median gross rent

$763$779

Mattawan

Population

2,3332,615

Median household income

$48,636$82,026

Median home value

$104,200$177,500

Median gross rent

$918$1,038

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Mattawan
Under 5	7.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.6%	23.7%
18 to 24	12.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	15.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	17.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	9.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	7.8%
75 and over	4.6%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Mattawan
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	82.9%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Mattawan
No high school diploma	13.6%	7.1%
High school graduate	39.1%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Mattawan
Drove alone	65.2%	80.0%
Carpooled	26.0%	4.7%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Mattawan
1-unit, detached	81.4%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	6.4%
20 or more units	5.5%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	33.8%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Mattawan
Poverty rate	21.6%	7.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1951	1992