City safety & data profile

DearbornMI

Dearborn, MI is a 95K-resident city in Wayne County with a median household income of $65,324.

Wayne County, Michigan. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Dearborn, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Dearborn has a population larger than 92% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $218,800, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

95K
Population (place)
Top 8%
By size
$65,324
Median income (place)
$218,800
Median home (place)
24.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Dearborn

Dearborn posts a median household income higher than 30% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Dearborn area.

Bottom 31%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Dearborn

Where Dearborn income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$65,324 Bottom 30% higher than 30% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Dearborn $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MI

Population among 105 MI places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Detroit is the largest MI city on this list; Beverly Hills leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MI

Median household income among the same 105-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Beverly Hills posts the highest place-level median income in MI; Detroit is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Dearborn, MI beyond the headline numbers

Dearborn sits inside Wayne County, Michigan, at roughly 42.32°N, -83.18°W. Population 95,171, $65,324 median household income. Median home value $218,800, median rent $1,327. Poverty rate 24.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Dearborn, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

24.3% of Dearborn, MI residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Dearborn costs roughly 3.3 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

13.2% of Dearborn workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 21.5% in Dearborn, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Dearborn's median age is 33.3 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Dearborn from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
95,171
Dearborn · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$65,324
-27% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$218,800
-47% vs avg
Median Age (place)
33.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Wayne County): Dearborn's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.8M-2%
Median Income
$60,539+47%
Median Home Value
$178,500+106%
Poverty Rate
20.8%-15%
Unemployment
8.7%-52%

Economics

Economics indicators for Dearborn, MI
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,327/mo
Poverty Rate
24.3% +96% vs avg
Unemployment 6.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 34.6%
Work From Home 13.2%
Public Transit 0.9%

Population

White 88%
African American 3.7%
Asian 1.8%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
37.5%
High Blood Pressure
34.1%
Obesity
33.7%
Physical Inactivity
27.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
21.5%
Current Smoking
18.2%
Binge Drinking
17.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.7%
Current Asthma
12.1%
Diabetes
11.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 63.8%
Annual Checkup 77.4%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.1%
Stroke
3.8%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
BEAUMONT HOSPITAL - DEARBORN
DEARBORN · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Dearborn?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Dearborn right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MI-DEARBORN · Dearborn

Dearborn: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Dearborn; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Michigan state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Dearborn, MI? ▼
Dearborn, MI has a population of 95,171 people, located in Wayne County, Michigan.
What is the median household income in Dearborn? ▼
The median household income in Dearborn, MI is $65,324 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 24.3%.
What is the median home value in Dearborn? ▼
The median home value in Dearborn, MI is $218,800. Median rent is $1,327/month.
What are the top health concerns in Dearborn? ▼
The top health indicators in Dearborn include Short Sleep Duration (37.5%), High Blood Pressure (34.1%), Obesity (33.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Dearborn? ▼
Dearborn has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Dearborn? ▼
The median age in Dearborn, MI is 33.3 years. 34.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Dearborn, both outside Michigan so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MI (24.3% here).

Toledo, OH 24.3% Corvallis, OR 24.3% Salisbury, MD 24.3% Newburgh, NY 24.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MI ($65,324 here).

Florissant, MO $65,318 Eustis, FL $65,373 West Odessa, TX $65,234 South Miami Heights, FL $65,417

Compare Dearborn with another city

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Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Melvindale, MI 10K Lincoln Park, MI 37K Allen Park, MI 27K Dearborn Heights, MI 56K Southgate, MI 29K Wyandotte, MI 25K Highland Park, MI 11K Taylor, MI 62K
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Using Dearborn's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Dearborn area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Dearborn against Michigan peers on any ranking lens. Explore Michigan

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Wayne County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.