De Kalb vs St. Joseph

A side-by-side comparison of De Kalb and St. Joseph: population, income, housing, and more.

De Kalb and St. Joseph are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Joseph has the higher population (71,542 vs 532 in De Kalb). De Kalb has the higher median household income ($92,143 vs $55,578 in St. Joseph). St. Joseph has the higher median home value ($144,200 vs $127,100 in De Kalb).

Population, income & housing

	De Kalb	St. Joseph
Population	532	71,542
Median age	33.4 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$92,143	$55,578
Median home value	$127,100	$144,200
Median gross rent	$950	$884
Housing units	181	33,143
Homeownership rate	68.1%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Kalb	St. Joseph
Population	260 → 532 (+104.6%)	75,913 → 71,542 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$71,875 → $92,143 (+28.2%)	$48,197 → $55,578 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $127,100 (+55.0%)	$114,100 → $144,200 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $950 (+39.9%)	$782 → $884 (+13.0%)

De Kalb

Population

260532

Median household income

$71,875$92,143

Median home value

$82,000$127,100

Median gross rent

$679$950

St. Joseph

Population

75,91371,542

Median household income

$48,197$55,578

Median home value

$114,100$144,200

Median gross rent

$782$884

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Kalb	St. Joseph
Under 5	13.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	23.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	8.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	24.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	9.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	2.6%	9.8%
75 and over	1.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Kalb	St. Joseph
White (non-Hispanic)	99.6%	78.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.4%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Kalb	St. Joseph
No high school diploma	6.9%	10.9%
High school graduate	54.3%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Kalb	St. Joseph
Drove alone	82.9%	79.1%
Carpooled	10.0%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Kalb	St. Joseph
1-unit, detached	67.4%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	28.7%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	De Kalb	St. Joseph
Poverty rate	7.5%	18.7%
Average household size	3.20	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1959	1962