Dearborn Heights vs Lincoln Park

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

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

Dearborn Heights has the higher population (62,099 vs 39,511 in Lincoln Park). Dearborn Heights has the higher median household income ($61,035 vs $57,183 in Lincoln Park). Dearborn Heights has the higher median home value ($174,900 vs $117,400 in Lincoln Park).

Population, income & housing

	Dearborn Heights	Lincoln Park
Population	62,099	39,511
Median age	35.8 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,035	$57,183
Median home value	$174,900	$117,400
Median gross rent	$1,260	$972
Housing units	23,407	15,874
Homeownership rate	71.6%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dearborn Heights	Lincoln Park
Population	55,857 → 62,099 (+11.2%)	36,697 → 39,511 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$49,750 → $61,035 (+22.7%)	$44,554 → $57,183 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$113,800 → $174,900 (+53.7%)	$73,700 → $117,400 (+59.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,047 → $1,260 (+20.3%)	$842 → $972 (+15.4%)

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

Lincoln Park

Population

36,69739,511

Median household income

$44,554$57,183

Median home value

$73,700$117,400

Median gross rent

$842$972

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dearborn Heights	Lincoln Park
Under 5	6.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	18.3%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.8%	16.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.0%
75 and over	6.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dearborn Heights	Lincoln Park
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	60.2%
Black or African American	8.9%	8.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	24.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dearborn Heights	Lincoln Park
No high school diploma	11.3%	18.6%
High school graduate	32.0%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dearborn Heights	Lincoln Park
Drove alone	77.6%	79.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	12.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.9%	6.1%
Other means	1.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dearborn Heights	Lincoln Park
1-unit, detached	86.0%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	4.7%
20 or more units	2.9%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Dearborn Heights	Lincoln Park
Poverty rate	20.4%	22.1%
Average household size	2.80	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1958	1954