Decatur County vs Meigs County

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

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

Meigs County has the higher population (13,076 vs 11,499 in Decatur County). Meigs County has the higher median household income ($58,395 vs $46,190 in Decatur County). Meigs County has the higher median home value ($185,500 vs $133,900 in Decatur County).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur County	Meigs County
Population	11,499	13,076
Median age	45.9 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,190	$58,395
Median home value	$133,900	$185,500
Median gross rent	$716	$845
Housing units	6,588	6,164
Homeownership rate	75.0%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur County	Meigs County
Population	11,686 → 11,499 (-1.6%)	12,104 → 13,076 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$42,031 → $46,190 (+9.9%)	$49,167 → $58,395 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $133,900 (+35.5%)	$136,600 → $185,500 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $716 (+34.8%)	$726 → $845 (+16.4%)

Decatur County

Population

11,68611,499

Median household income

$42,031$46,190

Median home value

$98,800$133,900

Median gross rent

$531$716

Meigs County

Population

12,10413,076

Median household income

$49,167$58,395

Median home value

$136,600$185,500

Median gross rent

$726$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur County	Meigs County
Under 5	4.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.0%
65 to 74	14.3%	13.3%
75 and over	9.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur County	Meigs County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	90.4%
Black or African American	3.1%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur County	Meigs County
No high school diploma	15.8%	17.1%
High school graduate	45.3%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur County	Meigs County
Drove alone	83.2%	75.5%
Carpooled	9.5%	15.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.8%	7.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur County	Meigs County
1-unit, detached	76.1%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	33.6%

Poverty & households

	Decatur County	Meigs County
Poverty rate	21.6%	14.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1982	1993