Overall, De Kalb’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
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.
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%: 20.62% of the adults in De Kalb have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in De Kalb in 2022 was $25,375, 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 $101,500 for a family of four. However, De Kalb contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
De Kalb is an extremely 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 English, Irish, Nigerian, Scots-Irish, and German.
The most common language spoken in De Kalb is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
