Decatur vs Hickory

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

Decatur and Hickory 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 472 in Hickory). Hickory has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $47,258 in Decatur). Decatur has the higher median home value ($125,800 vs $113,300 in Hickory).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Hickory
Population	2,025	472
Median age	21.3 yrs	27.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,258	$63,750
Median home value	$125,800	$113,300
Median gross rent	$826	$845
Housing units	655	211
Homeownership rate	52.6%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Hickory
Population	1,897 → 2,025 (+6.7%)	632 → 472 (-25.3%)
Median household income	$26,250 → $47,258 (+80.0%)	$26,226 → $63,750 (+143.1%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $125,800 (+18.3%)	$65,000 → $113,300 (+74.3%)
Median gross rent	$540 → $826 (+53.0%)	$387 → $845 (+118.3%)

Decatur

Population

1,8972,025

Median household income

$26,250$47,258

Median home value

$106,300$125,800

Median gross rent

$540$826

Hickory

Population

632472

Median household income

$26,226$63,750

Median home value

$65,000$113,300

Median gross rent

$387$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Hickory
Under 5	6.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	11.8%	27.3%
18 to 24	38.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	16.9%
35 to 44	4.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	7.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	5.2%	3.4%
75 and over	5.5%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Hickory
White (non-Hispanic)	60.5%	41.3%
Black or African American	34.6%	50.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Hickory
No high school diploma	15.1%	8.9%
High school graduate	27.9%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Hickory
Drove alone	89.8%	90.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Hickory
1-unit, detached	64.7%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	22.7%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Hickory
Poverty rate	37.0%	5.7%
Average household size	2.40	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1985	1967