Decaturville is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 805 people and two associated neighborhoods, Decaturville is the 297th largest community in Tennessee.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Decaturville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.08% of the Decaturville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Decaturville is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Decaturville who work in office and administrative support (13.81%), sales jobs (13.81%), and management occupations (7.11%). It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Decaturville has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Decaturville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Decaturville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Decaturville may be for you. Being a small town, Decaturville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Decaturville rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.49% of adults 25 and older in Decaturville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Decaturville in 2022 was $19,961, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $79,844 for a family of four. However, Decaturville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Decaturville is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Decaturville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Decaturville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Decaturville include Irish, English, German, African, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Decaturville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Pacific Island languages.
