Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, De Kalb is worth considering.
In De Kalb, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.33 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, De Kalb does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in De Kalb who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.70% of the adults in De Kalb have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in De Kalb in 2022 was $30,165, which is upper middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $120,660 for a family of four. However, De Kalb contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
De Kalb is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call De Kalb home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of De Kalb residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in De Kalb include Irish, English, Scots-Irish, Nigerian, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in De Kalb is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
