Dearborn Heights vs Westland

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

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

Westland has the higher population (84,155 vs 62,099 in Dearborn Heights). Westland has the higher median household income ($62,216 vs $61,035 in Dearborn Heights). Westland has the higher median home value ($176,500 vs $174,900 in Dearborn Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Dearborn Heights	Westland
Population	62,099	84,155
Median age	35.8 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,035	$62,216
Median home value	$174,900	$176,500
Median gross rent	$1,260	$1,113
Housing units	23,407	38,097
Homeownership rate	71.6%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dearborn Heights	Westland
Population	55,857 → 62,099 (+11.2%)	81,938 → 84,155 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$49,750 → $61,035 (+22.7%)	$50,710 → $62,216 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$113,800 → $174,900 (+53.7%)	$121,100 → $176,500 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,047 → $1,260 (+20.3%)	$894 → $1,113 (+24.5%)

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

Westland

Population

81,93884,155

Median household income

$50,710$62,216

Median home value

$121,100$176,500

Median gross rent

$894$1,113

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dearborn Heights	Westland
Under 5	6.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.3%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.8%	16.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	10.7%
75 and over	6.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dearborn Heights	Westland
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	62.1%
Black or African American	8.9%	22.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.1%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dearborn Heights	Westland
No high school diploma	11.3%	10.3%
High school graduate	32.0%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dearborn Heights	Westland
Drove alone	77.6%	79.6%
Carpooled	10.1%	7.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	1.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.9%	9.4%
Other means	1.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dearborn Heights	Westland
1-unit, detached	86.0%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	17.3%
20 or more units	2.9%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Dearborn Heights	Westland
Poverty rate	20.4%	13.3%
Average household size	2.80	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1958	1969