The median home value in Decatur, IL is $107,596 as of 2026-06-30, up 7.27% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$107,596
Year-over-Year
+7.27%
Population
67,934
Decatur ranks #272 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 66.2% below the state's city median of $318,423. It sits in Macon County, where the county-wide median is $127,757.
Decatur police recorded a violent crime rate of 602 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,868 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Decatur is $107,596. That's up 7.27% from a year earlier. That is about 66.2% below the typical county in Illinois.
Homes in Decatur are cheaper than Macon County as a whole, where the median is $127,757 — a difference of about 15.8%.
Decatur police reported 602 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 67,934. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.