The median owner-occupied home in DeKalb County had a real-estate tax bill of $1,269 (± $79) a year, compared with $1,887 in Missouri and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $167,500 (± $11,114), compared with $215,600 in Missouri and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | DeKalb County | Missouri | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 11,176 | 6,168,181 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $1,269 ± $79 | $1,887 ± $10 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $167,500 ± $11,114 | $215,600 ± $942 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $69,093 ± $7,380 | $68,920 ± $368 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 0.76% ± 0.07 points | 0.88% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 72.0% ± 3.6 points | 67.9% ± 0.3 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 33.8% ± 3.4 points | 32.1% ± 0.2 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 13.9% ± 3.6 pointsrough guide only: the margin of error is 26% of the estimate | 17.5% ± 0.2 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
Cities, towns and villages in DeKalb County (8)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
- Amity
- Cameron (partly in this county)
- Clarksdale
- Maysville
- Osborn (partly in this county)
- Stewartsville
- Union Star
- Weatherby
Other named communities in DeKalb County (10)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- Bayfield (historical)
- Boxford (historical)
- Fairport
- Fordham
- Gridley (historical)
- Oak
- Orchid
- Santa Rosa
- Winslow
- Wood