Dearborn vs Detroit

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

Dearborn 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 107,846 in Dearborn). Dearborn has the higher median household income ($65,192 vs $39,575 in Detroit). Dearborn has the higher median home value ($205,900 vs $76,800 in Detroit).

Population, income & housing

	Dearborn	Detroit
Population	107,846	636,644
Median age	32.6 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,192	$39,575
Median home value	$205,900	$76,800
Median gross rent	$1,264	$1,034
Housing units	39,205	326,065
Homeownership rate	68.2%	49.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dearborn	Detroit
Population	94,701 → 107,846 (+13.9%)	674,841 → 636,644 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$53,670 → $65,192 (+21.5%)	$30,894 → $39,575 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$143,000 → $205,900 (+44.0%)	$49,200 → $76,800 (+56.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,022 → $1,264 (+23.7%)	$824 → $1,034 (+25.5%)

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

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	Detroit
Under 5	7.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	21.7%	18.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	14.6%	15.7%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.0%
75 and over	5.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dearborn	Detroit
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	10.3%
Black or African American	3.2%	76.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dearborn	Detroit
No high school diploma	16.0%	16.6%
High school graduate	22.6%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dearborn	Detroit
Drove alone	75.9%	66.3%
Carpooled	9.2%	11.0%
Public transit	0.9%	6.0%
Walked	1.2%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.6%	10.1%
Other means	0.9%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dearborn	Detroit
1-unit, detached	75.4%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	5.6%
20 or more units	8.5%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Dearborn	Detroit
Poverty rate	24.3%	31.5%
Average household size	2.97	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1952	1947