Grassflat vs West Decatur

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

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

West Decatur has the higher population (624 vs 539 in Grassflat). Grassflat has the higher median household income ($73,155 vs $38,173 in West Decatur). Grassflat has the higher median home value ($160,200 vs $90,600 in West Decatur).

Population, income & housing

	Grassflat	West Decatur
Population	539	624
Median age	36.4 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,155	$38,173
Median home value	$160,200	$90,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,053
Housing units	197	252
Homeownership rate	97.4%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	3.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grassflat	West Decatur
Population	800 → 539 (-32.6%)	435 → 624 (+43.4%)
Median household income	$52,692 → $73,155 (+38.8%)	$38,854 → $38,173 (-1.8%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $160,200 (+97.5%)	$85,000 → $90,600 (+6.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$583 → $1,053 (+80.6%)

Grassflat

Population

800539

Median household income

$52,692$73,155

Median home value

$81,100$160,200

West Decatur

Population

435624

Median household income

$38,854$38,173

Median home value

$85,000$90,600

Median gross rent

$583$1,053

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grassflat	West Decatur
Under 5	1.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.7%	18.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	10.1%
25 to 34	15.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	17.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	13.3%
75 and over	5.6%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grassflat	West Decatur
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grassflat	West Decatur
No high school diploma	5.9%	16.0%
High school graduate	45.7%	64.6%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grassflat	West Decatur
Drove alone	84.9%	85.6%
Carpooled	5.9%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grassflat	West Decatur
1-unit, detached	94.9%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	7.5%
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	2.5%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Grassflat	West Decatur
Poverty rate	2.6%	39.2%
Average household size	2.79	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	42	29
Median year structure built	1961	1951