Dearborn

Population & Demographics

Dearborn, MI

Dearborn is home to 107,423 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 37,715 resident workers commute each day.

MichiganCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2021
Based on 2021 Census LODES data — the most recent available for Michigan.
107,423
people
Population

107,423 residents

Median age 33.3 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Dearborn population & demographics

Who lives in Dearborn — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
107,423
Median age
33.3yrs
Median household income
$65,324
Median home value
$218,800
Median gross rent
$1,327/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
34.6%
Poverty rate
24.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Dearborn

How Dearborn breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White87.3%
Two or more races4.3%
Black3.6%
Hispanic or Latino2.7%
Asian1.8%
Some other race0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Dearborn

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Dearborn.

Dearborn at a glance
Employed Residents
37,715
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
9.7mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
24.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
13.2%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Detroit
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Dearborn proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Dearborn commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

68 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Dearborn

37,715 commutes, one dot at a time

Dearborn

Where 37,715 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Dearborn, by worker count.

1Dearborn0.0 mi9,048
2Detroit7.8 mi5,745
3Southfield11.5 mi1,602
4Livonia9.5 mi1,587
5Troy18.8 mi1,087
6Warren15.6 mi989
7Romulus9.7 mi946
8Dearborn Heights2.8 mi876

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Dearborn.

1Detroit7.8 mi9,057
2Dearborn0.0 mi9,048
3Dearborn Heights2.8 mi3,272
4Livonia9.5 mi2,565
5Westland8.1 mi2,231
6Taylor6.0 mi2,041
7Farmington Hills14.1 mi1,646
8Allen Park4.1 mi1,435

Top industries

The sectors that employ Dearborn’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services18.3%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance16.4%
MFManufacturing15.8%
MGManagement of Companies and Enterprises9.2%
RTRetail Trade8.4%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services7.6%
EDEducational Services6.6%
AFAccommodation and Food Services4.0%
FIFinance and Insurance3.9%
Connectivity

Internet options for Dearborn

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps69%
5 Gbps50%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Dearborn

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).