Decatur County vs Posey County

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

Decatur County and Posey County are counties in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Decatur County has the higher population (26,411 vs 25,163 in Posey County). Posey County has the higher median household income ($79,124 vs $74,228 in Decatur County). Posey County has the higher median home value ($218,000 vs $189,900 in Decatur County).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur County	Posey County
Population	26,411	25,163
Median age	40.4 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,228	$79,124
Median home value	$189,900	$218,000
Median gross rent	$828	$744
Housing units	11,619	11,081
Homeownership rate	75.2%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur County	Posey County
Population	26,562 → 26,411 (-0.6%)	25,560 → 25,163 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$57,949 → $74,228 (+28.1%)	$64,196 → $79,124 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$134,400 → $189,900 (+41.3%)	$144,200 → $218,000 (+51.2%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $828 (+4.7%)	$688 → $744 (+8.1%)

Decatur County

Population

26,56226,411

Median household income

$57,949$74,228

Median home value

$134,400$189,900

Median gross rent

$791$828

Posey County

Population

25,56025,163

Median household income

$64,196$79,124

Median home value

$144,200$218,000

Median gross rent

$688$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur County	Posey County
Under 5	6.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.3%	12.6%
75 and over	7.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur County	Posey County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur County	Posey County
No high school diploma	9.5%	6.7%
High school graduate	44.0%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur County	Posey County
Drove alone	79.6%	82.8%
Carpooled	7.5%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.0%	6.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur County	Posey County
1-unit, detached	82.9%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	4.5%
20 or more units	3.1%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Decatur County	Posey County
Poverty rate	9.3%	9.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1973	1976