Dearborn vs Livonia

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

Dearborn and Livonia 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 94,058 in Livonia). Livonia has the higher median household income ($96,317 vs $65,192 in Dearborn). Livonia has the higher median home value ($265,300 vs $205,900 in Dearborn).

Population, income & housing

	Dearborn	Livonia
Population	107,846	94,058
Median age	32.6 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,192	$96,317
Median home value	$205,900	$265,300
Median gross rent	$1,264	$1,284
Housing units	39,205	38,976
Homeownership rate	68.2%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dearborn	Livonia
Population	94,701 → 107,846 (+13.9%)	94,249 → 94,058 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$53,670 → $65,192 (+21.5%)	$80,149 → $96,317 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$143,000 → $205,900 (+44.0%)	$191,500 → $265,300 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,022 → $1,264 (+23.7%)	$1,077 → $1,284 (+19.2%)

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

Livonia

Population

94,24994,058

Median household income

$80,149$96,317

Median home value

$191,500$265,300

Median gross rent

$1,077$1,284

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dearborn	Livonia
Under 5	7.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	21.7%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	12.8%
75 and over	5.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dearborn	Livonia
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	82.6%
Black or African American	3.2%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dearborn	Livonia
No high school diploma	16.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	22.6%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dearborn	Livonia
Drove alone	75.9%	74.9%
Carpooled	9.2%	7.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.1%
Walked	1.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.6%	16.1%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dearborn	Livonia
1-unit, detached	75.4%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	5.6%
20 or more units	8.5%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Dearborn	Livonia
Poverty rate	24.3%	4.7%
Average household size	2.97	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1952	1964