De Kalb’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
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.
As is often the case in a small town, De Kalb doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, De Kalb is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.62% of adults 25 and older 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.
