It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) De Kalb has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. De Kalb has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in De Kalb than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, De Kalb may be for you.
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. 19.81% of adults 25 and older in De Kalb have a college degree.
The per capita income in De Kalb in 2022 was $23,230, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $92,920 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 English, Irish, Nigerian, Dutch, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in De Kalb is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
