Decatur vs Runaway Bay

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

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

Decatur has the higher population (7,087 vs 1,522 in Runaway Bay). Runaway Bay has the higher median household income ($83,333 vs $71,919 in Decatur). Runaway Bay has the higher median home value ($274,700 vs $242,200 in Decatur).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Runaway Bay
Population	7,087	1,522
Median age	37.5 yrs	55.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,919	$83,333
Median home value	$242,200	$274,700
Median gross rent	$1,089	$1,172
Housing units	3,155	808
Homeownership rate	74.6%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Runaway Bay
Population	6,738 → 7,087 (+5.2%)	1,845 → 1,522 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$60,110 → $71,919 (+19.6%)	$75,938 → $83,333 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$156,500 → $242,200 (+54.8%)	$172,500 → $274,700 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,035 → $1,089 (+5.2%)	$875 → $1,172 (+33.9%)

Decatur

Population

6,7387,087

Median household income

$60,110$71,919

Median home value

$156,500$242,200

Median gross rent

$1,035$1,089

Runaway Bay

Population

1,8451,522

Median household income

$75,938$83,333

Median home value

$172,500$274,700

Median gross rent

$875$1,172

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Runaway Bay
Under 5	2.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	23.6%	8.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	8.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	6.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	15.1%
55 to 64	11.2%	21.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	19.0%
75 and over	8.8%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Runaway Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	64.2%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.9%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	34.5%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Runaway Bay
No high school diploma	10.8%	8.0%
High school graduate	34.2%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Runaway Bay
Drove alone	86.8%	76.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	19.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Runaway Bay
1-unit, detached	76.5%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	13.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Runaway Bay
Poverty rate	7.3%	5.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	36
Median year structure built	1988	1986