Dearborn vs Westland

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

Dearborn and Westland 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 84,155 in Westland). Dearborn has the higher median household income ($65,192 vs $62,216 in Westland). Dearborn has the higher median home value ($205,900 vs $176,500 in Westland).

Population, income & housing

	Dearborn	Westland
Population	107,846	84,155
Median age	32.6 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,192	$62,216
Median home value	$205,900	$176,500
Median gross rent	$1,264	$1,113
Housing units	39,205	38,097
Homeownership rate	68.2%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dearborn	Westland
Population	94,701 → 107,846 (+13.9%)	81,938 → 84,155 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$53,670 → $65,192 (+21.5%)	$50,710 → $62,216 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$143,000 → $205,900 (+44.0%)	$121,100 → $176,500 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,022 → $1,264 (+23.7%)	$894 → $1,113 (+24.5%)

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

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	Westland
Under 5	7.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	21.7%	14.4%
18 to 24	9.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.6%	16.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.7%
75 and over	5.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dearborn	Westland
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	62.1%
Black or African American	3.2%	22.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	2.0%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dearborn	Westland
No high school diploma	16.0%	10.3%
High school graduate	22.6%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dearborn	Westland
Drove alone	75.9%	79.6%
Carpooled	9.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.9%	0.4%
Walked	1.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.6%	9.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dearborn	Westland
1-unit, detached	75.4%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	17.3%
20 or more units	8.5%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Dearborn	Westland
Poverty rate	24.3%	13.3%
Average household size	2.97	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1952	1969