Dearborn Heights is a city of 61,771 people in Michigan. About 24% of adults have finished a four-year degree. There are 5,263 people per square mile. The typical home is worth $185,100, having risen by half since 2000. The poverty rate is 21.9%, above the 12.5% national rate. 25% of residents were born outside the United States.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $60,391, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 35.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
24% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 8%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Dearborn Heights
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate5.5% → 21.9%(+16.4 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants84.3% → 70.5%(−13.8 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Black share0.2% → 9.9%(+9.6 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Dearborn Heights's population equals 3.5% of Wayne County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 8.3% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 1.6% 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)13.9%(279)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)18.3%(367)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era42.5%(852)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.9%(79)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.2%(5)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 2,003 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 Heights, decade by decade
Dearborn Heights 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
60,838
$88,253
$152,644
13.7%
11.1
2000
58,264
$87,844
$200,746
16.7%
24.9
2010
57,774
$69,318
$180,828
17.9%
37.8
2020
63,292
$61,798
$148,111
23.6%
45.6
2024
61,771
$60,391
$185,100
23.8%
43.3
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.
