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DeKalb Independent School District, TX

4,847 Population
255.2 square miles 19 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±7.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bowie County: 38.5 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,819 ±$4,224 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bowie County: $31,241 ±$1,321
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,464 ±$12,645 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bowie County: $59,803 ±$2,992
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.9% ±3.1% (566  ±169) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Bowie County: 16.2% 13,997 (±1.6% / ±1,348)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.4 minutes ±6 (36,400  ±6,628) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bowie County: 18.8 667,205 (±0.9 / ±38,006)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,949 ±259 Number of households
  • Bowie County: 35,073 ±498
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (4,792  ±725) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Bowie County: 2.5 86,270 (±0 / ±107)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.7% ±4.5% (88  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Bowie County: 4.8% † 954 (±1.2% / ±238)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,302 ±259 Number of housing units
  • Bowie County: 39,948 ±78
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$139,500 ±$29,067 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bowie County: $173,000 ±$8,399
  • about half the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.6% ±4% (313  ±197.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bowie County: 9.7% † 8,852 (±1.2% / ±1,090.8)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.7% ±17.6% (2,955  ±379.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bowie County: 91.1% 56,868 (±2.8% / ±1,749.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.3% ±3.6% (552  ±138.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Bowie County: 23.6% 14,746 (±1.5% / ±912.9)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.7% ±1.9% (227  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Bowie County: 4.5% 4,165
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±2.4% (218  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bowie County: 8.3% 5,820 (±0.8% / ±549)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
218 Total veterans ±97 213 Male ±96 5 Female ±8

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