Dearborn, MI (Michigan) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 86,477 (All urban)

Dearborn, Michigan Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 38,981 (36,770 occupied: 27,010 owner occupied, 9,760 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	27%
State:	26%

Housing density: 1600 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this county: $99,998.

Median contract rent in 2007: $778 (lower quartile is $568, upper quartile is $980)

Housing units in Dearborn with a mortgage: 15,220 (860 second mortgage, 2,162 home equity loan, 39 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9,323

Dearborn,MI index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $158,600 (it was $129,300 in 2000)

Dearborn:	$158,600
Michigan:	$153,100

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $128,500 - $202,200

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $182,209
Here: $182,209
State: $200,820

Townhouses or other attached units: $179,224
Here: $179,224
State: $181,134

In 2-unit structures: $138,698
Here: $138,698
State: $129,336

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $191,131
Here: $191,131
State: $151,605

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $121,299
Here: $121,299
State: $149,899

Mobile homes: $111,573
Here: $111,573
State: $39,606

Median year house/condo built: 1950

Median year apartment built: 1967

Household type by relationship

Households: 97,372

In family households: 82,930 (19,045 male householders, 4,871 female householders)
19,064 spouses, 33,572 children (32,376 natural, 562 adopted, 634 stepchildren), 1,326 grandchildren, 1,492 brothers or sisters, 1,103 parents, 1,382 other relatives, 1,075 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 14,442 (5,738 male householders (4,850 living alone)), 7,059 female householders (6,510 living alone)), 1,645 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 403 (226 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 9,395 2-persons, 4,742 3-persons, 4,337 4-persons, 2,630 5-persons, 1,533 6-persons, 1,279 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 11,360 1-person, 1,236 2-persons, 156 3-persons, 38 4-persons, 7 5-persons.

21,664 married couples with children.
3,743 single-parent households (891 men, 2,852 women).

61.3% of residents of Dearborn speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
6.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
29.4% of residents speak other language at home (56% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 24,787 (25.4%)
(54.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.9
State:	6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.0
State:	4.1

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Dearborn, Michigan:
	1 room: 31 2 rooms: 225 3 rooms: 1,075 4 rooms: 2,158 5 rooms: 7,306 6 rooms: 7,621 7 rooms: 4,632 8 rooms: 2,276 9 or more rooms: 1,686

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Dearborn, Michigan:
	1 room: 449 2 rooms: 1,471 3 rooms: 1,956 4 rooms: 1,994 5 rooms: 2,251 6 rooms: 985 7 rooms: 365 8 rooms: 144 9 or more rooms: 145

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 414
1995 to 1998: 891
1990 to 1994: 1,528
1980 to 1989: 1,533
1970 to 1979: 1,991
1960 to 1969: 3,058
1950 to 1959: 10,280
1940 to 1949: 10,564
1939 or earlier: 8,722

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Dearborn:
	no bedroom: 103 1 bedroom: 724 2 bedrooms: 5,825 3 bedrooms: 15,840 4 bedrooms: 3,946 5 or more bedrooms: 572

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Dearborn:
	no bedroom: 556 1 bedroom: 3,330 2 bedrooms: 3,831 3 bedrooms: 1,596 4 bedrooms: 365 5 or more bedrooms: 82

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Dearborn in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,737 1 vehicle: 9,886 2 vehicles: 11,334 3 vehicles: 2,958 4 vehicles: 820 5 or more vehicles: 275

Cars and other vehicles available in Dearborn in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 2,172 1 vehicle: 5,181 2 vehicles: 2,029 3 vehicles: 252 4 vehicles: 80 5 or more vehicles: 46

Dearborn rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Dearborn:

Less than $100: 80 people
$100 to $149: 51
$150 to $199: 116
$200 to $249: 71
$250 to $299: 80
$300 to $349: 140
$350 to $399: 155
$400 to $449: 242
$450 to $499: 351
$500 to $549: 537
$550 to $599: 607
$600 to $649: 652
$650 to $699: 640
$700 to $749: 704
$750 to $799: 662
$800 to $899: 1,067
$900 to $999: 769
$1,000 to $1,249: 901
$1,250 to $1,499: 599
$1,500 to $1,999: 752
$2,000 or more: 483
No cash rent: 410

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 8,006 1990 to 1994: 4,830 1985 to 1989: 3,443 1980 to 1984: 1,509 1975 to 1979: 2,125 1970 to 1974: 1,800 1970 to 1974: 719 1965 to 1969: 2,355

Dearborn, MI Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 82.7%
Number of people working at home: 617 (1.6% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1085
5 to 9 minutes: 4882
10 to 14 minutes: 7119
15 to 19 minutes: 6076
20 to 24 minutes: 5358
25 to 29 minutes: 2463
30 to 34 minutes: 4959
35 to 39 minutes: 812
40 to 44 minutes: 1059
45 to 59 minutes: 1817
60 to 89 minutes: 913
90 or more minutes: 721

Dearborn mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 32,724 (86%)
Carpooled: 3,097 (8%)
Bus or trolley bus: 383 (1%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 15 (0%)
Taxi: 68 (0%)
Motorcycle: 21 (0%)
Bicycle: 49 (0%)
Walked: 718 (2%)
Other means: 189 (0%)
Worked at home: 617 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 3354
$10,000 to $14,999: 2480
$15,000 to $19,999: 2191
$20,000 to $24,999: 2394
$25,000 to $29,999: 2214
$30,000 to $34,999: 1961
$35,000 to $39,999: 1893
$40,000 to $44,999: 2013
$45,000 to $49,999: 1693
$50,000 to $59,999: 3379
$60,000 to $74,999: 3988
$75,000 to $99,999: 4104
$100,000 to $124,999: 2265
$125,000 to $149,999: 1292
$150,000 to $199,999: 829
$200,000 or more: 663

First ancestries reported:

Arab:: 28908

Lebanese: 17075

Polish: 8931

German: 8602

Other groups: 6361

Irish: 5614

Italian: 5181

Arab/Arabic: 4946

English: 4041

Other Arab: 2701

United States or American: 2416

Iraqi: 2031

French (except Basque): 1576

Hungarian: 1536

Scottish: 1415

Scotch-Irish: 1083

Palestinian: 953

French Canadian: 849

Romanian: 810

Armenian: 755

Ukrainian: 675

Albanian: 665

Dutch: 627

Greek: 504

Jordanian: 488

Syrian: 482

Swedish: 457

Maltese: 453

Russian: 448

European: 378

Lithuanian: 363

Canadian: 306

Finnish: 306

Slovak: 275

Norwegian: 268

British: 261

Czech: 236

Egyptian: 190

Yugoslavian: 186

Welsh: 173

Austrian: 168

Czechoslovakian: 153

Swiss: 151

Macedonian: 137

Danish: 108

Belgian: 107

Iranian: 97

Croatian: 97

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 96

Slovene: 96

Serbian: 87

Turkish: 84

Brazilian: 78

Subsaharan African:: 70

Slavic: 49

African: 48

Moroccan: 42

Portuguese: 41

Bulgarian: 37

Australian: 33

Pennsylvania German: 31

Scandinavian: 31

Celtic: 25

Northern European: 24

Latvian: 20

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 17

Israeli: 16

Eastern European: 12

Carpatho Rusyn: 11

German Russian: 10

Cape Verdean: 9

Nigerian: 8

Barbadian: 8

Luxemburger: 5

Ethiopian: 5

West Indian: 5

Jamaican: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Lebanon (41%)
Other Western Asia (16%)
Iraq (9%)
Canada (3%)
Jordan (2%)
Romania (2%)
Pakistan (2%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 59536
Northeast: 3199
Midwest: 4679
South: 3444
West: 956

64% of Dearborn residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Michigan.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 968
Nursery to 4th grade: 252
5th and 6th grade: 743
7th and 8th grade: 755
9th grade: 800
10th grade: 827
11th grade: 693
12th grade, no diploma: 1,373
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,453
Less than 1 year of college: 1,913
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,472
Associate degree: 2,195
Bachelor's degree: 5,235
Master's degree: 2,613
Professional school degree: 941
Doctorate degree: 335

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 1,427
Nursery to 4th grade: 260
5th and 6th grade: 719
7th and 8th grade: 983
9th grade: 998
10th grade: 1,016
11th grade: 946
12th grade, no diploma: 1,029
High school graduate (or equivalency): 9,007
Less than 1 year of college: 2,187
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,136
Associate degree: 2,045
Bachelor's degree: 4,556
Master's degree: 2,156
Professional school degree: 545
Doctorate degree: 148

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.6%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.2%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 6.7%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 9.7%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 39.2%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 7.3%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 10.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 1.6%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 6.2%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 9.3%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 6.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 8.5%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 5.3%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 7.5%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $46,482
Black householders: $85,733
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $47,887
Asian householders: $57,195
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $67,608
Some other race householders: $42,994
Two or more races householders: $27,248
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $48,255

Dearborn household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Dearborn household income for Black householders

Dearborn household income for Asian householders

Dearborn household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Dearborn marital status for males

Dearborn marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $158,722
Black or African American householders: $195,888
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $135,907
Asian householders: $171,111
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $83,777
Some other race householders: $132,963
Two or more races householders: $160,930
Hispanic or Latino householders: $145,597

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 27,279
One, attached: 1,828
Two: 3,514
3 or 4: 836
5 to 9: 695
10 to 19: 1,105
20 to 49: 950
50 or more: 2,619
Mobile homes: 150
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5

Median worth of mobile homes: $103,573

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Dearborn:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (97%) Electricity (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (88%) Electricity (9%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Other fuel (1%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,790

Here:	14.6%
Michigan:	11.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 586

Here:	9.8%
Michigan:	8.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 842

Here:	16.3%
Michigan:	16.5%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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