De Kalb vs Wake Village

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

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

Wake Village has the higher population (5,887 vs 1,702 in De Kalb). Wake Village has the higher median household income ($69,796 vs $45,577 in De Kalb). Wake Village has the higher median home value ($172,900 vs $99,900 in De Kalb).

Population, income & housing

	De Kalb	Wake Village
Population	1,702	5,887
Median age	30.8 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,577	$69,796
Median home value	$99,900	$172,900
Median gross rent	$775	$1,061
Housing units	860	2,513
Homeownership rate	52.4%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Kalb	Wake Village
Population	1,490 → 1,702 (+14.2%)	5,392 → 5,887 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$33,421 → $45,577 (+36.4%)	$55,385 → $69,796 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$76,300 → $99,900 (+30.9%)	$134,000 → $172,900 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $775 (+25.0%)	$745 → $1,061 (+42.4%)

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

Wake Village

Population

5,3925,887

Median household income

$55,385$69,796

Median home value

$134,000$172,900

Median gross rent

$745$1,061

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Kalb	Wake Village
Under 5	8.3%	8.0%
5 to 17	20.0%	21.1%
18 to 24	11.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	8.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	8.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.8%	11.0%
75 and over	7.4%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Kalb	Wake Village
White (non-Hispanic)	55.1%	65.6%
Black or African American	21.7%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.0%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Kalb	Wake Village
No high school diploma	13.8%	6.1%
High school graduate	42.1%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Kalb	Wake Village
Drove alone	80.8%	90.1%
Carpooled	12.9%	8.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	0.5%
Other means	3.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Kalb	Wake Village
1-unit, detached	81.7%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	2.2%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	De Kalb	Wake Village
Poverty rate	20.7%	13.9%
Average household size	2.48	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1971	1985