Decatur, Michigan

Demographics

People

Total Population	2,033
Male Share of the Population	42.1%
Female Share of the Population	57.9%
Senior Citizens	13.8%
Employed Population 16+	754
Age of the Population	35

Families

% of people married	47.2%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	12.4%
Median Earnings25+	$22,467
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$19,519
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$19,628

Wealth

Median Family Income	$48,750
% Above Poverty Level	75.6%
% Below Poverty Level	24.4%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	24 minutes
% Working from Home	2.5%
% Walking and Biking to Work	4.1%
% Using Public Transportation	1.9%

Housing

People Living Alone	23.2%
Median Gross Rent	$652
Median House Value	$77,700

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	25.6%
German	22.5%
English	13.6%
Irish	10.1%
Dutch	9.4%
Polish	6.8%
French Except Basque	5.1%
Scottish	4.2%
Italian	1.8%
Swedish	0.8%
African	0.8%
Russian	0.7%
Danishn	0.7%
Serbian	0.5%
Finnish	0.4%
Arab	0.4%
West Indian	0.3%
Haitian	0.3%
Hungarian	0.3%
Egyptian	0.3%
Lithuanian	0.3%
Croatian	0.3%
Slovak	0.2%
Austrian	0.2%
Swiss	0.2%
Lebanese	0.1%
Canadian	0.1%
Welsh	0.1%
Ukrainian	0.1%
Slovene	0.1%
Czech	0.1%
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Decatur Almanac

Category	Value
County	Van Buren County
Standard Zip Codes	49045
Phone Area Codes	269
Time Zone	America/Detroit
Approximate Latitude	42.1
Approximate Longitude	-85.97

Decatur Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	DOWAGIAC 1 W
Distance	11.9 miles
Jan Temp	14 to 31 F
Apr Temp	36 to 58 F
Jul Temp	60 to 83 F
Oct Temp	39 to 62 F
Annual Precip	40 inches

Station	EAU CLAIRE 4 NE
Distance	15.5 miles
Jan Temp	17 to 31 F
Apr Temp	38 to 59 F
Jul Temp	63 to 84 F
Oct Temp	44 to 62 F
Annual Precip	36.5 inches

Station	SOUTH HAVEN
Distance	25.7 miles
Jan Temp	20 to 32 F
Apr Temp	39 to 55 F
Jul Temp	64 to 78 F
Oct Temp	46 to 61 F
Annual Precip	35.1 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Dowagiac	5,863	$35,472
Lawrence	982	$39,107
Lawton	1,640	$50,294
Marcellus	1,039	$52,813
Mattawan	2,282	$46,106
Paw Paw	3,408	$42,656

Decatur Public Libraries

Van Buren District Library
200 NORTH PHELPS STREET
Decatur, Michigan
(269) 423-4771

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Decatur Public Schools

Davis Elementary School
409 North Phelps St
ZIP: 49045
(269) 423-6950
Primary
Total Enrollment 387

Decatur High School
110 Cedar St
ZIP: 49045
(269) 423-6851
High
Total Enrollment 280

Decatur Middle School
405 North Phelps St
ZIP: 49045
(269) 423-6901
Middle
Total Enrollment 190

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2015, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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