Dearborn vs Dearborn Heights

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

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

Dearborn has the higher population (107,846 vs 62,099 in Dearborn Heights). Dearborn has the higher median household income ($65,192 vs $61,035 in Dearborn Heights). Dearborn has the higher median home value ($205,900 vs $174,900 in Dearborn Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Dearborn	Dearborn Heights
Population	107,846	62,099
Median age	32.6 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,192	$61,035
Median home value	$205,900	$174,900
Median gross rent	$1,264	$1,260
Housing units	39,205	23,407
Homeownership rate	68.2%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dearborn	Dearborn Heights
Population	94,701 → 107,846 (+13.9%)	55,857 → 62,099 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$53,670 → $65,192 (+21.5%)	$49,750 → $61,035 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$143,000 → $205,900 (+44.0%)	$113,800 → $174,900 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,022 → $1,264 (+23.7%)	$1,047 → $1,260 (+20.3%)

Dearborn

Population

94,701107,846

Median household income

$53,670$65,192

Median home value

$143,000$205,900

Median gross rent

$1,022$1,264

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

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dearborn	Dearborn Heights
Under 5	7.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	21.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	9.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	15.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.6%
75 and over	5.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dearborn	Dearborn Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	81.7%
Black or African American	3.2%	8.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dearborn	Dearborn Heights
No high school diploma	16.0%	11.3%
High school graduate	22.6%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dearborn	Dearborn Heights
Drove alone	75.9%	77.6%
Carpooled	9.2%	10.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.3%
Walked	1.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	9.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dearborn	Dearborn Heights
1-unit, detached	75.4%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	3.9%
20 or more units	8.5%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Dearborn	Dearborn Heights
Poverty rate	24.3%	20.4%
Average household size	2.97	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1952	1958