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De Kalb, MS

921 Population
3.3 square miles 277.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±7.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kemper County: 40.7 ±1.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$23,230 ±$6,004 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Kemper County: $22,637 ±$2,220
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$29,978 ±$20,877 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kemper County: $43,595 † ±$4,725
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

24.8% ±15.7% (212  ±160) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Kemper County: 24.6% † 1,978 (±5.1% / ±407)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

27.7 minutes ±5.5 (10,180  ±4,847) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kemper County: 32.2 103,740 (±2.8 / ±16,143)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

329 ±133 Number of households
  • Kemper County: 3,209 ±178
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.6 ±0.2 (860  ±355) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Kemper County: 2.5 7,989 (±0.1 / ±45)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

4.4% ±7.7% (11  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Kemper County: 12.2% † 232 (±5.8% / ±113)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

429 ±156 Number of housing units
  • Kemper County: 3,937 ±32
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$72,900 ±$24,771 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kemper County: $90,200 † ±$12,433
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

7.7% ±5.4% (71  ±56.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kemper County: 10.5% † 915 (±3.5% / ±304.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

87.7% ±39.3% (540  ±154) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kemper County: 79.6% † 4,767 (±8.3% / ±520.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
19.8% ±8.4% (122  ±66.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kemper County: 17.8% † 1,064 (±4.3% / ±257.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.1% ±0.4% (1  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kemper County: 0.3% 23
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

9.8% ±9.2% (67  ±67) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kemper County: 6.8% † 491 (±1.9% / ±139)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
67 Total veterans ±67 67 Male ±67 N/A Female ±14

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