The town 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, De Kalb has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes De Kalb a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
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.
De Kalb is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of De Kalb citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.70% of adults 25 and older in De Kalb have a college 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.
