Decatur, IL
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Decatur, IL: 4 USPS ZIPs, population 87,793. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet DECATUR-IL · Decatur, IL 4 ZIPs · 87,793 pop · #23095/25278 · Macon County
INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-SPLIT · HOME-LOW
- INC-LOW $44,865
- RANK-BOTTOM #23095/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Boody
- BOOK-FEW 4 ZIPs
- OWN-LOW 52% owners
- POP-SMALL 87,793
- SPREAD-SPLIT 62523→62521
- HOME-LOW $111,267
Nearest income peer: Boody, IL (+ $8,468 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Decatur
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Decatur on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Decatur · this city · lowest
Decatur · this city · lowest
$44,865 median HH income
- Boody · near
Boody · near
$53,333 median HH income
- Niantic · near
Niantic · near
$69,583 median HH income
- Harristown · near
Harristown · near
$70,455 median HH income
- Blue Mound · near
Blue Mound · near
$83,125 median HH income
- Forsyth · highest
Forsyth · highest
$112,000 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Decatur, IL sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- 9th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 87,793
- city population (Census)
- 4
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $44,865
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Lower-income footing on only 4 ZIPs ($44,865 average) · poverty 31.5%. The primary code (62521) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (51.5%) for this income tier, rent $714 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within Illinois, Norris is the closest lower-income city and Benld the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Decatur.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Decatur differ
Income is the clearest internal divide in Decatur. ZIP 62523 reports $13,393 in median household income, while ZIP 62521 reports $66,337. The city average sits between those published endpoints, so it is a starting point rather than a substitute for the ZIP records.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 5.0×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.3×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 55.6 points
62523 to 62521
62526 to 62521
62521 to 62523
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Decatur residents split across a short ZIP set
No ZIP owns Decatur: the largest, 62521, is only about 41% of 87,793 residents across 4 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Decatur
Citywide ZBP: 1,730 establishments, 34,199 employees , annual payroll $2,177,781k (~20 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 4 of 4 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 62526 (790 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (249) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .
ZIP Codes in Decatur, IL
These ZIP codes sit in Macon County, which covers 16 ZIP codes in all; 4 of them fall in Decatur. See the Macon County roll-up →
Every one of the 11 cities sharing Macon County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Decatur, Mt Zion, Forsyth and Argenta among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Forsyth marks the far end of that range at $112,000, 150% above Decatur.
Side-by-side: Compare 62521 vs 62526 →
Decatur roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Decatur, .