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Dearborn Heights, MI
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Dearborn Heights profile


Living in Dearborn Heights



Dearborn Heights is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 61,980 people and 16 associated neighborhoods, Dearborn Heights is the 23rd largest community in Michigan.

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.95% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 education level of Dearborn Heights citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.66% of adults in Dearborn Heights have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Dearborn Heights in 2018 was $28,115, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $112,460 for a family of four. However, Dearborn Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

In addition, Dearborn Heights has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (22.68%).

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