Household Types in Decatur, Alabama (City)

Household Types#1

Percentage of households.
Scope: households in Alabama and Decatur
Decatur
Alabama
0%10%20%30%40%CountMarried1Single Female1Single Male1One-Person2Other Non-Family243.525293%47.466453%43.525293%43.5%9,69716.118318%14.898753%16.118318%16.1%3,5913.922977%4.238758%3.922977%3.9%87432.909915%29.166948%32.909915%32.9%7,3323.523497%4.229088%3.523497%3.5%785
1families 2households

Family Household Types#2

Percentage of family households with children under the age of 18.
Scope: households in Alabama and Decatur
Decatur
Alabama
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%CountMarriedSingle MomsSingle Dads56.556373%63.955146%56.556373%56.6%3,69235.646446%29.408445%35.646446%35.6%2,3277.797181%6.636408%7.797181%7.8%509

Families with Children#3

Percentage of households.
Scope: households in Alabama and Decatur
Decatur
Alabama
0%20%40%60%CountWith Children1Without Children229.301136%26.709493%29.301136%29.3%6,52870.649491%73.138973%70.649491%70.6%15,74015.7k
1with own children under the age of 18 in the household 2without own children under the age of 18 in the household

Household Types by Race#4

Percentage of households.
Scope: households in Alabama and Decatur
Decatur
Alabama
Other Non-Family1
One-Person1
Single Male2
Single Female2
Married2
60%40%20%0%20%40%60%CountHispanic3Other4White5Mixed4Asian4Black4-6.619594%-8.914387%-10.503089%-3.177405%-13.463188%-7.683264%-19.147787%-6.018239%-29.214475%29%70.785525%53.687522%70.785525%71%1,133-17.156105%-0.000000%-12.982998%-2.472952%-14.818790%-6.893420%-19.710229%-6.645752%-32.612056%33%67.387944%51.931809%67.387944%67%647-10.497274%-2.738997%-35.547135%-3.078048%-9.595780%-3.737918%-28.031805%-4.214687%-51.861455%52%48.138545%54.419810%48.138545%48%15,04215.0k-20.618557%-2.680412%-15.670103%-19.175258%-15.095396%-5.453188%-28.889304%-5.966320%-58.144330%58%41.855670%44.595792%41.855670%42%485-33.809524%-0.000000%-40.952381%-0.000000%-8.145688%-2.594168%-22.626336%-7.325931%-74.761905%75%25.238095%59.307876%25.238095%25%210-34.754305%-7.307854%-34.019320%-3.716926%-29.470541%-5.230423%-33.626906%-3.823579%-79.798404%80%20.201596%27.848550%20.201596%20%4,762
Count number of households headed by given race
1households 2families 3White Hispanic 4including Hispanics 5non-Hispanic

Map of Household Types by Tract in Decatur

Married Household Types by Tract#5

Married as a percentage of households (%):
22%33%42%52%61%72%

Single Female Household Types by Tract#6

Single Female as a percentage of households (%):
4.5%8.9%13.3%17.6%22.0%26.4%

Single Male Household Types by Tract#7

Single Male as a percentage of households (%):
0.3%2.4%4.5%6.6%8.8%10.9%

One-Person Household Types by Tract#8

One-Person as a percentage of households (%):
16%23%30%37%43%51%

Other Non-Family Household Types by Tract#9

Other Non-Family as a percentage of households (%):
0.0%1.4%2.8%4.2%5.6%7.1%

With Children Household Types by Tract#10

With Children as a percentage of households (%):
16%22%28%33%38%44%
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Map of Household Types by Block Group in Decatur

Married Household Types by Block Group#11

Married as a percentage of households (%):
9%25%40%55%70%86%

Single Female Household Types by Block Group#12

Single Female as a percentage of households (%):
0%8%16%24%32%41%

Single Male Household Types by Block Group#13

Single Male as a percentage of households (%):
0.0%4.9%9.7%14.6%19.4%24.3%

One-Person Household Types by Block Group#14

One-Person as a percentage of households (%):
9%24%38%52%66%81%

Other Non-Family Household Types by Block Group#15

Other Non-Family as a percentage of households (%):
0.0%3.5%7.0%10.5%14.0%17.5%
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Household Types by Place in the Decatur Area

There are 13 places in the Decatur Area. This section compares Decatur to all of the places in the Decatur Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Decatur.

Married by Place#17

Percentage of households.
Scope: households in Decatur, selected other places in the Decatur Area, and entities that contain Decatur
0%20%40%60%Count#TrinityPricevilleEvaHartselleSomervilleHattonDecatur AreaMorganUnited StatesSouthEast South CentralAlabamaFalkvilleHillsboroDecaturDecaturTown CreekMoultonCourtlandN Courtland70.093458%70.093458%70%525163.662791%63.662791%64%657263.084112%63.084112%63%135357.353766%57.353766%57%3,069456.228956%56.228956%56%167552.307692%52.307692%52%34651.616374%51.616374%52%30,70430.7k50.849147%50.849147%51%23,47423.5k48.235831%48.235831%48%56,781,40556.8M47.955775%47.955775%48%21,151,03021.2M47.632479%47.632479%48%3,424,9113.42M47.466453%47.466453%47%878,633879k45.714286%45.714286%46%176744.537815%44.537815%45%106843.525293%43.525293%44%9,69743.525293%43.525293%44%9,697941.253264%41.253264%41%1581040.569159%40.569159%41%6131136.721311%36.721311%37%1121217.847769%17.847769%18%6813
Count number of this household type
# rank of place out of 13 by percentage of this household type

Household Types by Place in Alabama

There are 585 places in Alabama. This section compares Decatur to the 50 most populous places in Alabama and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Decatur. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 13,585.

Married by Place#23

Percentage of households.
Scope: households in Decatur, selected other places in Alabama, and entities that contain Decatur
0%20%40%60%Count#Mtn BrkTrussvilleHelenaAlabasterMadisonVestavia HlsFairhopeHartselleGardendaleOxfordHooverPelhamPrattvilleSaralandMillbrookDecatur AreaScottsboroMorganTillmans CornerNorthportMuscle ShoalsDaphneUnited StatesSouthEast South CentralEnterpriseAlabamaJasperAthensAlbertvilleFort PayneHueytownHomewoodCullmanDecaturDecaturDothanOpelikaFoleyAlexander CityHuntsvilleOzarkAuburnPhenix CityFlorenceGadsdenMontgomeryMobileTuscaloosaTroyCenter PointAnnistonTalladegaBessemerPrichardSelmaBirmingham74.768266%74.768266%75%5,485166.480447%66.480447%66%4,998264.302751%64.302751%64%4,044363.973473%63.973473%64%6,849459.138977%59.138977%59%10,23410.2k559.069283%59.069283%59%7,946658.327198%58.327198%58%3,961757.353766%57.353766%57%3,069856.838850%56.838850%57%3,125956.171027%56.171027%56%4,4011056.087339%56.087339%56%18,46918.5k1155.007561%55.007561%55%4,7291253.945792%53.945792%54%7,2051352.927446%52.927446%53%2,7211452.521891%52.521891%53%2,9991551.616374%51.616374%52%30,70430.7k51.103251%51.103251%51%3,0341650.849147%50.849147%51%23,47423.5k50.314843%50.314843%50%3,3561749.935065%49.935065%50%4,6141849.680482%49.680482%50%2,7211948.612628%48.612628%49%4,4502048.235831%48.235831%48%56,781,40556.8M47.955775%47.955775%48%21,151,03021.2M47.632479%47.632479%48%3,424,9113.42M47.567050%47.567050%48%4,9662147.466453%47.466453%47%878,633879k47.310848%47.310848%47%2,5952246.494901%46.494901%46%4,3312346.356801%46.356801%46%3,3912445.773399%45.773399%46%2,3232545.454545%45.454545%45%2,7352644.547154%44.547154%45%4,2892743.802066%43.802066%44%2,6292843.525293%43.525293%44%9,69743.525293%43.525293%44%9,6972942.994726%42.994726%43%11,25011.3k3042.608547%42.608547%43%4,9953141.918565%41.918565%42%3,0373241.348123%41.348123%41%2,4233339.753750%39.753750%40%31,80331.8k3438.428021%38.428021%38%2,2933537.214995%37.214995%37%8,2103637.035747%37.035747%37%5,3153736.688478%36.688478%37%6,4483836.146025%36.146025%36%5,1193935.239021%35.239021%35%28,29228.3k4034.784891%34.784891%35%26,51226.5k4134.709575%34.709575%35%11,77811.8k4234.076705%34.076705%34%2,3994333.663208%33.663208%34%2,1094433.494432%33.494432%33%3,1884528.984497%28.984497%29%1,6644627.321157%27.321157%27%2,8724726.241512%26.241512%26%1,9714824.698321%24.698321%25%1,8834924.279667%24.279667%24%21,96822.0k50
Count number of this household type
# rank of place out of 50 by percentage of this household type

Household Types by Place in the South

There are 9,693 places in the South. This section compares Decatur to the 50 most populous places in the South and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Decatur. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 188,973.

Married by Place#29

Percentage of households.
Scope: households in Decatur, selected other places in the South, and entities that contain Decatur
0%20%40%Count#PlanoChesapeakeLaredoGarlandDecatur AreaMorganVirginia BchEl PasoUnited StatesSouthEast South CentralAlabamaArlingtonAmarilloFort WorthIrvingHialeahCorpus ChristiOklahoma CityDecaturDecaturSan AntonioJacksonvilleLexington-FayetteCharlotteFayettevilleLubbockHuntsvilleLouisvilleColumbusRaleighHoustonWinston-SalemArlingtonTulsaAustinLittle RockNashville-DavidsonDurhamGreensboroSt. PetersburgDallasMontgomeryNorfolkMobileAugusta-Richmond Co consolidated government (balance)Augusta-Richmon…TampaShreveportOrlandoMiamiBaton RougeMemphisNew OrleansWashingtonBirminghamBaltimoreAtlantaRichmond57.647663%57.647663%58%60,63960.6k154.635292%54.635292%55%45,11445.1k252.048011%52.048011%52%35,21135.2k352.045659%52.045659%52%39,25739.3k451.616374%51.616374%52%30,70430.7k50.849147%50.849147%51%23,47423.5k50.131635%50.131635%50%83,97584.0k548.638682%48.638682%49%107,759108k648.235831%48.235831%48%56,781,40556.8M47.955775%47.955775%48%21,151,03021.2M47.632479%47.632479%48%3,424,9113.42M47.466453%47.466453%47%878,633879k46.337303%46.337303%46%62,48462.5k746.072479%46.072479%46%34,45334.5k845.842907%45.842907%46%128,097128k945.179817%45.179817%45%38,15338.2k1045.017748%45.017748%45%31,70631.7k1144.685855%44.685855%45%51,87051.9k1243.611312%43.611312%44%102,709103k1343.525293%43.525293%44%9,69743.525293%43.525293%44%9,69742.010553%42.010553%42%206,539207k1441.245889%41.245889%41%132,813133k1540.472481%40.472481%40%51,17351.2k1640.082441%40.082441%40%124,272124k1739.877534%39.877534%40%31,45531.5k1839.758089%39.758089%40%36,42036.4k1939.753750%39.753750%40%31,80331.8k2038.927190%38.927190%39%96,21496.2k2138.926330%38.926330%39%28,59128.6k2238.903192%38.903192%39%67,69767.7k2338.318218%38.318218%38%318,488318k2438.147093%38.147093%38%36,01236.0k2537.872243%37.872243%38%38,14038.1k2637.643537%37.643537%38%62,12262.1k2737.108155%37.108155%37%132,996133k2836.800040%36.800040%37%29,33029.3k2936.666962%36.666962%37%95,12495.1k3036.452715%36.452715%36%37,57437.6k3136.339868%36.339868%36%41,55941.6k3235.370683%35.370683%35%37,69137.7k3335.369321%35.369321%35%172,551173k3435.239021%35.239021%35%28,29228.3k3534.886170%34.886170%35%30,47930.5k3634.784891%34.784891%35%26,51226.5k3733.919853%33.919853%34%24,03924.0k3833.493392%33.493392%33%48,47848.5k3932.709529%32.709529%33%25,23925.2k4031.002645%31.002645%31%33,64533.6k4130.542991%30.542991%31%49,35949.4k4229.478636%29.478636%29%25,87925.9k4329.333916%29.333916%29%73,81073.8k4426.805042%26.805042%27%41,50641.5k4524.844691%24.844691%25%68,70768.7k4624.279667%24.279667%24%21,96822.0k4724.253762%24.253762%24%58,79558.8k4824.238551%24.238551%24%45,89445.9k4923.803368%23.803368%24%21,17521.2k50
Count number of this household type
# rank of place out of 50 by percentage of this household type

Household Types by Place in the United States

There are 29,322 places in the United States. This section compares Decatur to the 50 most populous places in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Decatur. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 383,899.

Married by Place#35

Percentage of households.
Scope: households in Decatur, selected other places in the United States, and entities that contain Decatur
0%20%40%Count#San JoseDecatur AreaMorganVirginia BchEl PasoUnited StatesSouthColorado SpgsMesaEast South CentralAlabamaArlingtonFort WorthSan DiegoOklahoma CityWichitaDecaturDecaturSan AntonioLas VegasOmahaJacksonvillePhoenixFresnoCharlotteAlbuquerqueLouisvilleRaleighHoustonPortlandLos AngelesLong BeachSacramentoTulsaAustinNashville-DavidsonNew YorkSeattleIndianapolisDallasKansas CityOaklandSan FranciscoDenverTucsonColumbusChicagoMiamiMinneapolisMemphisPhiladelphiaMilwaukeeBostonWashingtonBaltimoreAtlantaClevelandDetroit55.386884%55.386884%55%175,752176k151.616374%51.616374%52%30,70430.7k50.849147%50.849147%51%23,47423.5k50.131635%50.131635%50%83,97584.0k248.638682%48.638682%49%107,759108k348.235831%48.235831%48%56,781,40556.8M47.955775%47.955775%48%21,151,03021.2M47.895643%47.895643%48%85,14685.1k447.782635%47.782635%48%82,52382.5k547.632479%47.632479%48%3,424,9113.42M47.466453%47.466453%47%878,633879k46.337303%46.337303%46%62,48462.5k645.842907%45.842907%46%128,097128k744.202081%44.202081%44%216,687217k843.611312%43.611312%44%102,709103k943.572325%43.572325%44%65,93865.9k1043.525293%43.525293%44%9,69743.525293%43.525293%44%9,69742.010553%42.010553%42%206,539207k1141.949568%41.949568%42%91,94891.9k1241.360080%41.360080%41%72,30972.3k1341.245889%41.245889%41%132,813133k1440.940267%40.940267%41%220,614221k1540.523657%40.523657%41%66,49066.5k1640.082441%40.082441%40%124,272124k1739.283391%39.283391%39%86,94286.9k1838.927190%38.927190%39%96,21496.2k1938.903192%38.903192%39%67,69767.7k2038.318218%38.318218%38%318,488318k2138.227288%38.227288%38%98,02798.0k2238.155187%38.155187%38%517,503518k2337.868093%37.868093%38%62,07362.1k2437.658800%37.658800%38%67,73567.7k2537.643537%37.643537%38%62,12262.1k2637.108155%37.108155%37%132,996133k2736.666962%36.666962%37%95,12495.1k2836.211762%36.211762%36%1,132,7931.13M2935.728916%35.728916%36%108,672109k3035.561538%35.561538%36%117,953118k3135.369321%35.369321%35%172,551173k3235.175851%35.175851%35%69,09169.1k3334.940889%34.940889%35%55,53455.5k3434.723947%34.723947%35%123,894124k3533.868546%33.868546%34%95,19595.2k3633.463674%33.463674%33%69,49169.5k3732.713038%32.713038%33%111,312111k3832.670426%32.670426%33%340,615341k3930.542991%30.542991%31%49,35949.4k4030.490627%30.490627%30%51,77451.8k4129.333916%29.333916%29%73,81073.8k4227.583532%27.583532%28%160,700161k4327.580768%27.580768%28%63,65263.7k4426.857136%26.857136%27%69,64769.6k4524.844691%24.844691%25%68,70768.7k4624.253762%24.253762%24%58,79558.8k4724.238551%24.238551%24%45,89445.9k4821.384235%21.384235%21%35,72635.7k4920.285620%20.285620%20%52,13152.1k50
Count number of this household type
# rank of place out of 50 by percentage of this household type

Definitions

According to the US Census definition, a household consists of all the people who occupy a housing unit. This page reports on the types of households in Decatur. The following definitions are used in this page:

  • Family: a group of two or more people related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together
  • Married: a husband and wife that are part of the same household1
  • Single Female: female householder, no husband present, with other family members in the household
  • Single Male: male householder, no wife present, with other family members in the household
  • One Person: householder living alone
  • Other Non-Family: householder living with other people that are not family members

1as defined by the US Census Bureau (please direct comments and complaints to them)

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State:
Alabama
Counties:
Limestone, Morgan
Metro Areas:
Decatur Area, Huntsville Area
ZIP Codes:
35601, 35603, 35640, 35671, 35673
Unified School District:
Decatur
Congressional District:
AL-5
State Senate District:
AL-3
State House Districts:
AL-4, AL-7, AL-8
Neighboring Cities:
Huntsville
Neighboring Towns:
Priceville, Trinity
Nearby Cities:
Athens, Hartselle, Madison, Moulton
Nearby Towns:
Falkville, Hillsboro, Mooresville, North Courtland, Somerville, Triana