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Cost of living in Decatur, Alabama

Decatur, Alabama has about 57,361 people. Typical rent is $896 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $61,563 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #31 in Alabama on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $896 a month.

Decatur is a city in Alabama. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $61,563 a year.

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People
57,361
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$896
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$61,563
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$210,200
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,023
Decatur, AL MSA

Decatur, Alabama has about 57,361 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $210,200.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Morgan County is $1,023 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Decatur. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Decatur, AL metro area, prices sit at 87.2 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Alabama taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.5% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Decatur's exact store tax.

Some places in Alabama add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.07% of income. That is not a Decatur bill.

In July 2026, a typical Alabama home paid 16.40¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Decatur's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Alabama in the table we use.

Among 290 places we list in Alabama with a rent figure, 144 have higher typical rent than Decatur.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.