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DeKalb County School District, GA

697,724 Population
254.1 square miles 2,745.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in DeKalb County: 36.8 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 37.9 ±0.2

Economics

$44,546 ±$1,358 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in DeKalb County: $46,963 ±$1,282
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $39,685 ±$352
$75,709 ±$2,277 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in DeKalb County: $77,861 ±$2,929
  • about the same as the amount in Georgia: $74,632 ±$833

13.1% ±1.6% (90,632  ±10,696) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 12.8% † 95,890 (±1.5% / ±10,902)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 13.6% 1,461,317 (±0.4% / ±38,018)

30.3 minutes ±0.6 (8,668,150  ±345,835) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in DeKalb County: 29.9 9,248,635 (±0.6 / ±344,601)
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.7 128,833,304 (±0.2 / ±1,204,493)

Families

266,759 ±4,634 Number of households
  • DeKalb County: 291,423 ±4,342
  • Georgia: 4,150,138 ±14,424
2.6 ±0.1 (691,821  ±130) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in DeKalb County: 2.6 751,642 (±0 / ±203)
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,774,563

4.8% ±1.1% (8,577  ±1,933) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 4.5% † 8,987 (±1% / ±1,944)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 141,228 (±0.3% / ±6,907)

Housing

305,314 ±1,973 Number of housing units
  • DeKalb County: 333,374 ±234
  • Georgia: 4,610,506 ±467

$352,000 ±$7,607 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in DeKalb County: $368,200 ±$7,955
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $323,000 ±$1,915

13.6% ±1.4% (94,189  ±9,786.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in DeKalb County: 13.8% 104,520 (±1.3% / ±9,982.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 12.6% 1,369,769 (±0.3% / ±34,280.3)

Social

90% ±2.5% (437,091  ±12,038.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in DeKalb County: 90.5% 477,255 (±2.3% / ±12,108.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89.3% 6,653,783 (±0.6% / ±43,866.7)
46.1% ±1.7% (223,943  ±8,327.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in DeKalb County: 48.6% 256,249 (±1.6% / ±8,423.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 35.4% 2,637,795 (±0.4% / ±27,056)

21.3% ±1.2% (139,629  ±8,083.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • a little higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 20.6% 147,047 (±1.1% / ±8,004)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 15.7% 1,631,026 (±0.3% / ±32,479.4)

19.4% ±1.1% (135,168  ±7,854) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 18.3% 139,770
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 11.6% 1,274,462

5.8% ±0.6% (31,493  ±3,174) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 5.5% † 32,607 (±0.6% / ±3,234)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 608,198 (±0.2% / ±13,207)
31,493 Total veterans ±3,174 27,001 Male ±2,834 4,492 Female ±1,389

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