Dearborn Heights vs Southgate

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

Dearborn Heights and Southgate 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 29,551 in Southgate). Southgate has the higher median household income ($64,635 vs $61,035 in Dearborn Heights). Dearborn Heights has the higher median home value ($174,900 vs $165,400 in Southgate).

Population, income & housing

	Dearborn Heights	Southgate
Population	62,099	29,551
Median age	35.8 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,035	$64,635
Median home value	$174,900	$165,400
Median gross rent	$1,260	$1,102
Housing units	23,407	13,033
Homeownership rate	71.6%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dearborn Heights	Southgate
Population	55,857 → 62,099 (+11.2%)	29,165 → 29,551 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$49,750 → $61,035 (+22.7%)	$57,133 → $64,635 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$113,800 → $174,900 (+53.7%)	$112,300 → $165,400 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,047 → $1,260 (+20.3%)	$876 → $1,102 (+25.8%)

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

Southgate

Population

29,16529,551

Median household income

$57,133$64,635

Median home value

$112,300$165,400

Median gross rent

$876$1,102

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dearborn Heights	Southgate
Under 5	6.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.8%	16.1%
35 to 44	11.1%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.6%	10.2%
75 and over	6.5%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dearborn Heights	Southgate
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	75.1%
Black or African American	8.9%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dearborn Heights	Southgate
No high school diploma	11.3%	10.6%
High school graduate	32.0%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dearborn Heights	Southgate
Drove alone	77.6%	76.0%
Carpooled	10.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.6%
Walked	1.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.9%	10.6%
Other means	1.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dearborn Heights	Southgate
1-unit, detached	86.0%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	12.7%
20 or more units	2.9%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Dearborn Heights	Southgate
Poverty rate	20.4%	9.8%
Average household size	2.80	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1958	1963