Decherd is a very small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 2,479 people and two associated neighborhoods, Decherd is the 200th largest community in Tennessee.Decherd is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Decherd is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Decherd who work in healthcare suport services (15.77%), food service (15.30%), and sales jobs (10.47%). Being a small city, Decherd does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Decherd with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.63% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Decherd in 2022 was $23,083, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,332 for a family of four. However, Decherd contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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 Russian. The most common language spoken in Decherd is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
