Decatur is a very small village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 1,666 people and just one neighborhood, Decatur is the 392nd largest community in Michigan. Much of the housing stock in Decatur was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
When you are in Decatur, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.82% of Decatur’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Decatur is a village of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Decatur who work in office and administrative support (12.52%), sales jobs (8.12%), and food service (7.86%).
The citizens of Decatur are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.53% of adults in Decatur have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Decatur in 2022 was $23,858, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $95,432 for a family of four. However, Decatur contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Decatur is a very ethnically-diverse village. 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. Decatur also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.60% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Decatur include Irish, German, English, Dutch, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Decatur is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Decatur, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Slovak ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 1.7% have Slovak ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Decatur are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 40.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 52.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 35.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 31.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.2%), and 10.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish, Spanish and Italian.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Decatur, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (17.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (16.6%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (8.7%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (6.9%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (76.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (13.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.