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DeKalb County School District, GA

703,660 Population
254.1 square miles 2,768.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±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: 38 ±0.2

Economics

$45,781 ±$1,337 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in DeKalb County: $47,790 ±$1,462
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $41,996 ±$344
$80,070 ±$3,697 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in DeKalb County: $81,564 ±$2,499
  • about the same as the amount in Georgia: $79,991 ±$633

12.3% ±1.3% (85,458  ±8,748) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in DeKalb County: 12.5% † 94,661 (±1.3% / ±9,769)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 12.6% 1,373,284 (±0.3% / ±36,640)

31 minutes ±0.5 (8,970,960  ±341,157) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in DeKalb County: 30.7 9,631,450 (±0.5 / ±335,502)
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 29.4 135,223,580 (±0.2 / ±1,380,047)

Families

282,561 ±3,591 Number of households
  • DeKalb County: 309,812 ±3,584
  • Georgia: 4,220,732 ±13,456
2.5 ±0 (697,800  ±148) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in DeKalb County: 2.5 759,171 (±0 / ±195)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,927,528

4.9% ±1.2% (8,874  ±2,096) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 4.6% † 9,363 (±1% / ±2,081)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 5.1% 139,303 (±0.3% / ±8,033)

Housing

306,411 ±1,844 Number of housing units
  • DeKalb County: 335,512 ±105
  • Georgia: 4,668,796 ±534

$360,100 ±$7,809 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in DeKalb County: $375,400 ±$7,911
  • a little higher than the amount in Georgia: $343,300 ±$2,287

14.4% ±1.4% (99,887  ±9,873.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in DeKalb County: 14.5% 110,173 (±1.4% / ±10,387.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 12.9% 1,421,007 (±0.3% / ±35,778.8)

Social

90.2% ±2.5% (442,223  ±12,593.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in DeKalb County: 90.7% 483,708 (±2.4% / ±12,656.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89.8% 6,813,223 (±0.6% / ±46,285.3)
45.9% ±1.8% (224,946  ±8,795.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in DeKalb County: 48.5% 258,609 (±1.7% / ±8,843.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 36.3% 2,755,502 (±0.4% / ±28,804.5)

21.9% ±1.3% (144,638  ±8,372.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • a little higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 21.2% 152,798 (±1.1% / ±8,227.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 16.3% 1,720,842 (±0.3% / ±26,253.5)

18% ±1.2% (126,844  ±8,351) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 17.1% 132,064
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 11.9% 1,333,177

5.6% ±0.6% (30,873  ±3,005) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 5.4% 32,357 (±0.5% / ±3,122)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 7% 604,059 (±0.2% / ±12,553)
30,873 Total veterans ±3,005 26,042 Male ±2,968 4,831 Female ±1,159

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