Dearborn is home to 107,423 people in Michigan. The foreign-born share is 30%. This skews young, with a median age of 33.3. The poverty rate is 24.3%, above the 12.5% national rate. Density works out to 4,430 people per square mile. The typical home is worth $218,800, having risen by half since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $65,324, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 33.3
US median: 38.9
Average education
35% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 7%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Dearborn
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate10.8% → 24.3%(+13.5 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median age35.5 → 33.3(−2.2 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
White share95.6% → 87.3%(−8.4 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Dearborn's population equals 6.1% of Wayne County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 18% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 4.1% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)20.7%(546)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)18.8%(495)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era29.7%(781)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War8.2%(217)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.6%(17)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 2,634 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Dearborn, decade by decade
Dearborn population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
89,286
$83,784
$165,125
21.7%
10.6
2000
97,775
$81,173
$235,540
26.4%
33.9
2010
98,153
$69,037
$209,024
30.5%
30.5
2020
109,976
$68,240
$186,775
32.8%
33.2
2024
107,423
$65,324
$218,800
34.6%
29.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
