Dearborn vs Lincoln Park

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

Dearborn 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 has the higher population (107,846 vs 39,511 in Lincoln Park). Dearborn has the higher median household income ($65,192 vs $57,183 in Lincoln Park). Dearborn has the higher median home value ($205,900 vs $117,400 in Lincoln Park).

Population, income & housing

	Dearborn	Lincoln Park
Population	107,846	39,511
Median age	32.6 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,192	$57,183
Median home value	$205,900	$117,400
Median gross rent	$1,264	$972
Housing units	39,205	15,874
Homeownership rate	68.2%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dearborn	Lincoln Park
Population	94,701 → 107,846 (+13.9%)	36,697 → 39,511 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$53,670 → $65,192 (+21.5%)	$44,554 → $57,183 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$143,000 → $205,900 (+44.0%)	$73,700 → $117,400 (+59.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,022 → $1,264 (+23.7%)	$842 → $972 (+15.4%)

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

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	Lincoln Park
Under 5	7.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	21.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	9.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	16.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.0%
75 and over	5.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dearborn	Lincoln Park
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	60.2%
Black or African American	3.2%	8.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	24.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dearborn	Lincoln Park
No high school diploma	16.0%	18.6%
High school graduate	22.6%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dearborn	Lincoln Park
Drove alone	75.9%	79.2%
Carpooled	9.2%	12.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.1%
Walked	1.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.6%	6.1%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dearborn	Lincoln Park
1-unit, detached	75.4%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	4.7%
20 or more units	8.5%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Dearborn	Lincoln Park
Poverty rate	24.3%	22.1%
Average household size	2.97	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1952	1954