Decatur, Mississippi.
Typical home $160,185 (-0.9% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$362 (+75%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $1,479 -1%
- $161,664$160,185 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $5,452 -3%
- $165,638$160,185 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Decatur$841
- Mississippi$1,021
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Decatur, MS fell 0.9% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Decatur, Newton County, Mississippi
Decatur is a town of 1,945 people in Newton County. Half its households earn more than $50,128 a year and half less, against $50,540 across Newton County. Unemployment in Newton County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Decatur is a small town and the seat of Newton County, home to a young population, with a median age well below what is typical for the country. Household incomes are close to the county's, slightly under it, and homes here are valued at a level many homeowners elsewhere would find modest. Winters are mild and short, with little or no snow, while summers run hot and the year brings plenty of rain.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by manufacturing, the building trades, and restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across Newton County, the largest workplaces include East Central Community College, Weir Esco Newton, and the Newton County School District. Few people work from home, and the typical commute is a moderate one; unemployment across the county has eased compared with a year earlier, though the county has fewer jobs than it did the year before.
Things to do. For time outdoors, Tallashua Creek and Tarlow Creek are rivers a short drive away, suited to a quiet afternoon by the water. Bienville National Forest, a protected area, is a longer drive away and offers more room to wander among the trees.
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- 540households
- 21%of adults have a degree
- 22 mintypical commute
- 2%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Newton County had 5,081 jobs in 2025, 0.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 58° and lows near 33°; warmest in July, with highs near 93° and lows near 69°. About 58 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Newton Experiment Station weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Newton County
- East Central Community CollegeTwo-year college357
- Weir Esco NewtonCores, sand foundry, manufacturing304
- Newton County School DistrictSchool district248FTE
- Biewer Sawmill NewtonBoards, wood, made from logs or bolts184
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters174
- Newton Municipal School DistrictSchool district146FTE
- Union Public School DistSchool district145FTE
- La-Z-BoyRecliners, upholstered, manufacturing122
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 11 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,161 people in all across the county; Decatur has one of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- TornadoesVery high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Decatur’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Newton County.
Decatur home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Decatur$160,185
- Mississippi$194,531
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Decatur5
Zip codes with a Decatur address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Decatur — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.