Decaturville vs Parsons

A side-by-side comparison of Decaturville and Parsons: population, income, housing, and more.

Decaturville and Parsons are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Parsons has the higher population (2,578 vs 895 in Decaturville). Decaturville has the higher median household income ($40,500 vs $32,129 in Parsons). Decaturville has the higher median home value ($126,800 vs $107,400 in Parsons).

Population, income & housing

	Decaturville	Parsons
Population	895	2,578
Median age	45.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,500	$32,129
Median home value	$126,800	$107,400
Median gross rent	$756	$731
Housing units	395	1,301
Homeownership rate	81.5%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decaturville	Parsons
Population	1,053 → 895 (-15.0%)	2,267 → 2,578 (+13.7%)
Median household income	$36,346 → $40,500 (+11.4%)	$34,146 → $32,129 (-5.9%)
Median home value	$71,700 → $126,800 (+76.8%)	$92,300 → $107,400 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	$594 → $756 (+27.3%)	$351 → $731 (+108.3%)

Decaturville

Population

1,053895

Median household income

$36,346$40,500

Median home value

$71,700$126,800

Median gross rent

$594$756

Parsons

Population

2,2672,578

Median household income

$34,146$32,129

Median home value

$92,300$107,400

Median gross rent

$351$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decaturville	Parsons
Under 5	8.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	13.5%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	9.4%	9.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	12.1%	10.0%
75 and over	13.2%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decaturville	Parsons
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	84.5%
Black or African American	5.5%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decaturville	Parsons
No high school diploma	14.0%	20.0%
High school graduate	47.9%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decaturville	Parsons
Drove alone	89.9%	75.8%
Carpooled	7.1%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	10.0%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decaturville	Parsons
1-unit, detached	83.0%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Decaturville	Parsons
Poverty rate	28.5%	27.6%
Average household size	2.89	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1972	1978