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Dearborn vs Dearborn Heights

Dearborn, MI compared with Dearborn Heights, MI · 4 miles apart

Dearborn has 105,611 residents to Dearborn Heights’s 60,664. Dearborn comes out ahead on median household income, median rent, average commute. Dearborn Heights does better on homeownership, poverty rate, price to income.

Dearborn, MI Dearborn Heights, MI
Population 105,611 60,664
Density (per sq mi) 4,356 5,169
Median household income $65,324 $60,391
Median home value $218,800 $185,100
Median rent $1,327 $1,331
Homeownership 68.4% 70.5%
Average commute 21.7 min 23.9 min
Median age 33.3 35.8
Bachelor's degree + 34.6% 23.8%
Poverty rate 24.3% 21.9%
Unemployment 6.6% 7.9%
Price to income 3.3× 3.1×
Clear days a year 17
Days above 90°F 7

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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