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Dearborn, MI
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Living in Dearborn



Dearborn is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 107,710 people and 32 constituent neighborhoods, Dearborn is the seventh largest community in Michigan.

Also of interest is that Dearborn has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.15% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The citizens of Dearborn are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.17% of adults in Dearborn have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Dearborn in 2018 was $26,733, which is middle income relative to Michigan, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,932 for a family of four. However, Dearborn contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Dearborn is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Dearborn home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dearborn residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dearborn include Lebanese, Other Arab, Polish, German, and Irish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Dearborn's cultural character, accounting for 28.51% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Dearborn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Polish.