Dearborn is a city of 557 people in Missouri. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 23% of adults. Renters pay $454 a month at the median. The foreign-born share is 2%. The typical home is worth $185,600, having more than doubled since 2000. That trails the Missouri median by roughly 30%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $49,750, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
23% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 49%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Dearborn
What changed most since 1990
White share99.4% → 93.9%(−5.5 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Poverty rate3.0% → 12.0%(+9.0 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants65.4% → 74.1%(+8.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
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)17.9%(7)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)10.3%(4)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era30.8%(12)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War30.8%(12)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 39 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
470
$57,002
$99,843
11.0%
1.6
2000
529
$63,505
$124,237
11.2%
12.3
2010
496
$60,158
$149,899
18.6%
11.5
2020
482
$50,646
$160,232
19.8%
33.4
2024
557
$49,750
$185,600
22.8%
14.6
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.
