Decatur is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,584 people and two associated neighborhoods, Decatur is the 247th largest community in Tennessee.Decatur is a blue-collar town, with 47.03% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Decatur is a town of construction workers and builders, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Decatur who work in office and administrative support (13.92%), food service (11.55%), and management occupations (7.13%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Decatur has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Decatur a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. As is often the case in a small town, Decatur doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The population of Decatur has a very low overall level of education: only 8.54% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in Decatur in 2022 was $21,183, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $84,732 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 35.68% 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 Italian, Irish, English, German, and Eastern European. The most common language spoken in Decatur is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
