Downtown Dekalb / Kensington Pointe median real estate price is $209,078, which is more expensive than 45.9% of the neighborhoods in Illinois and 34.0% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Downtown Dekalb / Kensington Pointe is currently $1,398, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 54.0% of Illinois neighborhoods.
Downtown Dekalb / Kensington Pointe is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in DeKalb, Illinois.
Downtown Dekalb / Kensington Pointe real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Downtown Dekalb / Kensington Pointe neighborhood are relatively historic, built no later than 1939, and in some cases, quite a bit earlier. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Real estate vacancies in Downtown Dekalb / Kensington Pointe are 6.1%, which is lower than one will find in 62.4% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Downtown Dekalb / Kensington Pointe is above average for the U.S., and may signal some demand for either price increases or new construction of residential product for this neighborhood.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in DeKalb, the Downtown Dekalb / Kensington Pointe neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
An extraordinary 13.4% of the residents of the Downtown Dekalb / Kensington Pointe neighborhood are currently enrolled in college. This is such a large part of life in this neighborhood that the neighborhood changes a great deal with the change of semesters and is far quieter during the summer when many students are away.
In addition, one of the most interesting things about the Downtown Dekalb / Kensington Pointe neighborhood is that it has a greater concentration of residents who live alone than most all neighborhoods in America. With 48.7% of the households here made up of people living alone, NeighborhoodScout's research reveals that this is a larger proportion of people living alone than in 95.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
Significantly, 1.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Downtown Dekalb / Kensington Pointe neighborhood in DeKalb are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 25.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 74.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the Downtown Dekalb / Kensington Pointe neighborhood, 33.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.7%), and 19.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Downtown Dekalb / Kensington Pointe neighborhood is English, spoken by 78.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (14.3%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the Downtown Dekalb / Kensington Pointe neighborhood in DeKalb, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (18.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (15.9%), and residents who report Mexican roots (12.1%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (9.7%), along with some English ancestry residents (7.2%), among others. In addition, 11.3% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in Downtown Dekalb / Kensington Pointe neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (53.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (76.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (15.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
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Raw data sources: National Agriculture Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Geological Service, American Community Survey.
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Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: American Community Survey, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Geological Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: 2020 (latest available). Updated annually. Please note: Unemployment data updated February 2022.
Methodology: Unlike standardly available Census demographics, NeighborhoodScout uses dozens of custom models to transform 8.5 million raw demographic data elements from government sources into proprietary indices and insights…. Read more about Scout's Demographic Data
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Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2020 calendar year; released from FBI in Sept. 2021 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2021 data?
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School Details | Grades | Quality Rating Compared to IL* | Quality Rating Compared to Nation* |
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Dekalb High School
501 W Dresser Rd Dekalb, IL 60115 |
09-12 | ||
Huntley Middle School
1515 S 4th St Dekalb, IL 60115 |
06-08 | ||
Jefferson Elem School
211 Mc Cormick Dr Dekalb, IL 60115 |
KG-05 | ||
Lincoln Elementary School
220 E Sunset Pl De Kalb, IL 60115 |
KG-05 | ||
Littlejohn Elem School
1121 School St De Kalb, IL 60115 |
KG-05 | ||
Tyler Elementary School
1021 Alden Circle De Kalb, IL 60115 |
KG-05 | ||
Founders Elementary School
821 S 7th St Dekalb, IL 60115 |
KG-05 | ||
* 10 is highest |
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Raw data sources: U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Dow Jones S&P, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Bureau of the Census, American Community Survey, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Geological Service, U.S. Department of Transportation, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics, Federal Highway Administration, National Agricultural Statistics.
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