Decatur County vs Perry County

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

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

Decatur County has the higher population (11,499 vs 8,561 in Perry County). Perry County has the higher median household income ($50,489 vs $46,190 in Decatur County). Decatur County has the higher median home value ($133,900 vs $113,800 in Perry County).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur County	Perry County
Population	11,499	8,561
Median age	45.9 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,190	$50,489
Median home value	$133,900	$113,800
Median gross rent	$716	$747
Housing units	6,588	4,830
Homeownership rate	75.0%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur County	Perry County
Population	11,686 → 11,499 (-1.6%)	7,962 → 8,561 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$42,031 → $46,190 (+9.9%)	$41,034 → $50,489 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $133,900 (+35.5%)	$88,100 → $113,800 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $716 (+34.8%)	$613 → $747 (+21.9%)

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

Perry County

Population

7,9628,561

Median household income

$41,034$50,489

Median home value

$88,100$113,800

Median gross rent

$613$747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur County	Perry County
Under 5	4.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	14.3%	12.2%
75 and over	9.4%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur County	Perry County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	90.2%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur County	Perry County
No high school diploma	15.8%	17.6%
High school graduate	45.3%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur County	Perry County
Drove alone	83.2%	72.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	13.8%
Public transit	0.2%	2.5%
Walked	1.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	10.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur County	Perry County
1-unit, detached	76.1%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	34.7%

Poverty & households

	Decatur County	Perry County
Poverty rate	21.6%	17.7%
Average household size	2.55	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1982	1987