Chunky vs Decatur

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

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

Decatur has the higher population (2,025 vs 215 in Chunky). Chunky has the higher median household income ($56,667 vs $47,258 in Decatur). Decatur has the higher median home value ($125,800 vs $79,000 in Chunky).

Population, income & housing

	Chunky	Decatur
Population	215	2,025
Median age	35.3 yrs	21.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,667	$47,258
Median home value	$79,000	$125,800
Median gross rent	$1,042	$826
Housing units	101	655
Homeownership rate	83.8%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chunky	Decatur
Population	344 → 215 (-37.5%)	1,897 → 2,025 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$32,917 → $56,667 (+72.2%)	$26,250 → $47,258 (+80.0%)
Median home value	$60,900 → $79,000 (+29.7%)	$106,300 → $125,800 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $1,042 (+37.8%)	$540 → $826 (+53.0%)

Chunky

Population

344215

Median household income

$32,917$56,667

Median home value

$60,900$79,000

Median gross rent

$756$1,042

Decatur

Population

1,8972,025

Median household income

$26,250$47,258

Median home value

$106,300$125,800

Median gross rent

$540$826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chunky	Decatur
Under 5	5.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	11.8%
18 to 24	15.8%	38.4%
25 to 34	14.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	4.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	7.1%
65 to 74	8.8%	5.2%
75 and over	5.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chunky	Decatur
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	60.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	34.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chunky	Decatur
No high school diploma	15.1%	15.1%
High school graduate	25.9%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chunky	Decatur
Drove alone	80.9%	89.8%
Carpooled	14.8%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	2.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chunky	Decatur
1-unit, detached	63.4%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	36.6%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Chunky	Decatur
Poverty rate	7.4%	37.0%
Average household size	2.69	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	41	24
Median year structure built	1975	1985