De Kalb vs Texarkana

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

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

Texarkana has the higher population (36,039 vs 1,702 in De Kalb). Texarkana has the higher median household income ($49,240 vs $45,577 in De Kalb). Texarkana has the higher median home value ($159,700 vs $99,900 in De Kalb).

Population, income & housing

	De Kalb	Texarkana
Population	1,702	36,039
Median age	30.8 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,577	$49,240
Median home value	$99,900	$159,700
Median gross rent	$775	$990
Housing units	860	16,178
Homeownership rate	52.4%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Kalb	Texarkana
Population	1,490 → 1,702 (+14.2%)	36,688 → 36,039 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$33,421 → $45,577 (+36.4%)	$45,080 → $49,240 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$76,300 → $99,900 (+30.9%)	$130,600 → $159,700 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $775 (+25.0%)	$781 → $990 (+26.8%)

De Kalb

Population

1,4901,702

Median household income

$33,421$45,577

Median home value

$76,300$99,900

Median gross rent

$620$775

Texarkana

Population

36,68836,039

Median household income

$45,080$49,240

Median home value

$130,600$159,700

Median gross rent

$781$990

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Kalb	Texarkana
Under 5	8.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	20.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	11.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	9.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	8.5%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.3%
75 and over	7.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Kalb	Texarkana
White (non-Hispanic)	55.1%	44.9%
Black or African American	21.7%	38.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.0%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Kalb	Texarkana
No high school diploma	13.8%	11.0%
High school graduate	42.1%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Kalb	Texarkana
Drove alone	80.8%	82.7%
Carpooled	12.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	7.8%
Other means	3.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Kalb	Texarkana
1-unit, detached	81.7%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	2.2%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	De Kalb	Texarkana
Poverty rate	20.7%	21.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1971	1980