Dearborn Heights vs Detroit

A side-by-side comparison of Dearborn Heights and Detroit: population, income, housing, and more.

Dearborn Heights and Detroit are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Detroit has the higher population (636,644 vs 62,099 in Dearborn Heights). Dearborn Heights has the higher median household income ($61,035 vs $39,575 in Detroit). Dearborn Heights has the higher median home value ($174,900 vs $76,800 in Detroit).

Population, income & housing

	Dearborn Heights	Detroit
Population	62,099	636,644
Median age	35.8 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,035	$39,575
Median home value	$174,900	$76,800
Median gross rent	$1,260	$1,034
Housing units	23,407	326,065
Homeownership rate	71.6%	49.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dearborn Heights	Detroit
Population	55,857 → 62,099 (+11.2%)	674,841 → 636,644 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$49,750 → $61,035 (+22.7%)	$30,894 → $39,575 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$113,800 → $174,900 (+53.7%)	$49,200 → $76,800 (+56.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,047 → $1,260 (+20.3%)	$824 → $1,034 (+25.5%)

Dearborn Heights

Population

55,85762,099

Median household income

$49,750$61,035

Median home value

$113,800$174,900

Median gross rent

$1,047$1,260

Detroit

Population

674,841636,644

Median household income

$30,894$39,575

Median home value

$49,200$76,800

Median gross rent

$824$1,034

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dearborn Heights	Detroit
Under 5	6.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.3%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	15.8%	15.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.0%
75 and over	6.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dearborn Heights	Detroit
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	10.3%
Black or African American	8.9%	76.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dearborn Heights	Detroit
No high school diploma	11.3%	16.6%
High school graduate	32.0%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dearborn Heights	Detroit
Drove alone	77.6%	66.3%
Carpooled	10.1%	11.0%
Public transit	0.3%	6.0%
Walked	1.1%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.9%	10.1%
Other means	1.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dearborn Heights	Detroit
1-unit, detached	86.0%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	5.6%
20 or more units	2.9%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Dearborn Heights	Detroit
Poverty rate	20.4%	31.5%
Average household size	2.80	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1958	1947