Decatur vs Tekamah

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

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

Tekamah has the higher population (1,691 vs 552 in Decatur). Tekamah has the higher median household income ($54,139 vs $49,028 in Decatur). Tekamah has the higher median home value ($113,900 vs $78,800 in Decatur).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Tekamah
Population	552	1,691
Median age	50.5 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,028	$54,139
Median home value	$78,800	$113,900
Median gross rent	$433	$677
Housing units	342	780
Homeownership rate	77.8%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	14.8%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Tekamah
Population	377 → 552 (+46.4%)	1,802 → 1,691 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$36,528 → $49,028 (+34.2%)	$54,250 → $54,139 (-0.2%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $78,800 (+0.4%)	$94,700 → $113,900 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $433 (-12.3%)	$630 → $677 (+7.5%)

Decatur

Population

377552

Median household income

$36,528$49,028

Median home value

$78,500$78,800

Median gross rent

$494$433

Tekamah

Population

1,8021,691

Median household income

$54,250$54,139

Median home value

$94,700$113,900

Median gross rent

$630$677

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Tekamah
Under 5	1.8%	8.8%
5 to 17	9.1%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	3.6%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	4.0%	8.6%
45 to 54	19.2%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	9.9%
65 to 74	19.4%	14.2%
75 and over	9.1%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Tekamah
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Tekamah
No high school diploma	7.6%	4.9%
High school graduate	49.3%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Tekamah
Drove alone	72.2%	74.1%
Carpooled	11.3%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.2%	7.2%
Other means	7.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Tekamah
1-unit, detached	75.7%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Tekamah
Poverty rate	15.4%	20.9%
Average household size	2.11	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1958	1963