DeKalb County vs Montgomery County

A side-by-side comparison of DeKalb County and Montgomery County: population, income, housing, and more.

DeKalb County and Montgomery County are counties in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Montgomery County has the higher population (11,422 vs 11,176 in DeKalb County). DeKalb County has the higher median household income ($69,093 vs $61,042 in Montgomery County). Montgomery County has the higher median home value ($171,300 vs $167,500 in DeKalb County).

Population, income & housing

	DeKalb County	Montgomery County
Population	11,176	11,422
Median age	42.3 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,093	$61,042
Median home value	$167,500	$171,300
Median gross rent	$796	$767
Housing units	4,277	5,797
Homeownership rate	72.0%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	DeKalb County	Montgomery County
Population	12,526 → 11,176 (-10.8%)	11,487 → 11,422 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$55,918 → $69,093 (+23.6%)	$46,757 → $61,042 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$120,100 → $167,500 (+39.5%)	$108,100 → $171,300 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $796 (+21.3%)	$670 → $767 (+14.5%)

DeKalb County

Population

12,52611,176

Median household income

$55,918$69,093

Median home value

$120,100$167,500

Median gross rent

$656$796

Montgomery County

Population

11,48711,422

Median household income

$46,757$61,042

Median home value

$108,100$171,300

Median gross rent

$670$767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	DeKalb County	Montgomery County
Under 5	4.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.8%
75 and over	8.7%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	DeKalb County	Montgomery County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	92.5%
Black or African American	6.6%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	DeKalb County	Montgomery County
No high school diploma	11.1%	11.5%
High school graduate	43.1%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	DeKalb County	Montgomery County
Drove alone	77.5%	77.0%
Carpooled	9.6%	10.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	7.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	DeKalb County	Montgomery County
1-unit, detached	75.0%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	DeKalb County	Montgomery County
Poverty rate	8.7%	14.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1982	1978