It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Decatur has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Decatur has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Decatur than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Decatur may be for you.
The rate of college-level education in Decatur is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.54% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Decatur in 2022 was $26,271, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $105,084 for a family of four. However, Decatur contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Decatur also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.41% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Decatur home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Decatur residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Decatur include Irish, Italian, English, German, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Decatur is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
