Decatur County vs Pocahontas County

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

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

Decatur County has the higher population (7,669 vs 7,040 in Pocahontas County). Pocahontas County has the higher median household income ($63,423 vs $57,146 in Decatur County). Decatur County has the higher median home value ($109,500 vs $93,300 in Pocahontas County).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur County	Pocahontas County
Population	7,669	7,040
Median age	36.2 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,146	$63,423
Median home value	$109,500	$93,300
Median gross rent	$663	$743
Housing units	3,651	3,658
Homeownership rate	68.0%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur County	Pocahontas County
Population	7,979 → 7,669 (-3.9%)	6,797 → 7,040 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$44,462 → $57,146 (+28.5%)	$52,448 → $63,423 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$83,200 → $109,500 (+31.6%)	$76,000 → $93,300 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $663 (+16.9%)	$597 → $743 (+24.5%)

Decatur County

Population

7,9797,669

Median household income

$44,462$57,146

Median home value

$83,200$109,500

Median gross rent

$567$663

Pocahontas County

Population

6,7977,040

Median household income

$52,448$63,423

Median home value

$76,000$93,300

Median gross rent

$597$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur County	Pocahontas County
Under 5	6.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	15.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	9.3%	10.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	9.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	16.3%
65 to 74	11.5%	12.6%
75 and over	9.3%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur County	Pocahontas County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	90.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur County	Pocahontas County
No high school diploma	11.0%	8.6%
High school graduate	37.5%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur County	Pocahontas County
Drove alone	75.7%	77.8%
Carpooled	10.2%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.9%	6.7%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur County	Pocahontas County
1-unit, detached	77.6%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	2.4%
20 or more units	4.1%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Decatur County	Pocahontas County
Poverty rate	15.2%	8.7%
Average household size	2.32	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1968	1951