Decorah, Iowa Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Decorah is 1st in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Female residents

Decorah is 5th in Iowa out of 74 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Decorah is 12th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Decorah is 16th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Decorah is 20th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Home median value

Size Demographics
	Decorah	Rank	Iowa	US
Current population (2012)	8,109	48th	3,074,186	313,914,040
Size in square miles	7.0	47th	55,857.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,158.8	53rd	54.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Decorah	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents younger than 5	3.8%	81st	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	14.3%	80th	23.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.7%	23rd	15.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Decorah	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.2%	36th	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	36.3%	16th	24.9%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Decorah	Rank	Iowa	US
Race - White	94.6%	31st	92.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.5%	42nd	3.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.0%	81st	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.2%	23rd	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	69th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	74th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	64th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	93.4%	29th	88.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Decorah	Rank	Iowa	US
Female residents	53.9%	1st	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.7%	29th	4.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Decorah	Rank	Iowa	US
Housing units	3,121	56th	1,340,529	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	29.0%	12th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	2,738	59th	1,219,137	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	62.6%	75th	73.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$147,300	20th	$121,300	$186,200
People per household	2.1	77th	2.4	2.6

Income Demographics
	Decorah	Rank	Iowa	US
Income per capita	$21,350	65th	$26,110	$27,915
Income per household	$47,370	31st	$50,451	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.4%	43rd	11.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Decorah	Rank	Iowa	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,357	29th	259,931	27,092,908
Retail sales	$211,831	31st	$39,234,649	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$26,828	5th	$13,172	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$17,396	36th	$4,737,719	$613,795,732