The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Decherd has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Decherd a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small city, Decherd does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Decherd, just 9.08% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Decherd in 2022 was $21,313, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,252 for a family of four.
Decherd is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Decherd home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Decherd residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Decherd include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Decherd is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
