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Dearborn Heights city, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Dearborn Heights city is a Census city of 61,771 people across 11.74 square miles of land, in Wayne County. Median household income is $60,391, 70.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 84 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $18.4 m.
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Dearborn Heights
What Dearborn Heights is
- Census place typecity
- Land area11.74 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land5,263
- County holding the largest share of its areaWayne County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Dearborn Heights
- Population61,771
- Median age35.8
- Population under 1815,550
- Share under 1825.2 percent
- Population 65 and over9,755
- Share 65 and over15.8 percent
- Households22,242
- Family households14,856
- Share of households that are families66.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Dearborn Heights
- Median household income$60,391
- Per capita income$29,366
- Civilian labor force27,890
- Employed25,686
- Unemployed2,204
- Unemployment rate7.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over40,936
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Dearborn Heights
- Housing units23,808
- Occupied units22,242
- Vacant units1,566
- Vacancy rate6.6 percent
- Owner occupied15,670
- Renter occupied6,572
- Ownership rate70.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$185,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,331
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.4 percent
- Single family units21,084
- Share single family88.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,378 plus or minus 506
- Share in buildings of two or more10.0 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Mobile homes342 plus or minus 145
- Median year structure built1958
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Dearborn Heights gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute21,869
- Commuting under 15 minutes5,226
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more6,742
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more30.8 percent
- Drove alone73.4 percent
- Carpooled11.9 percent
- Public transport0.2 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home12.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Dearborn Heights (7(a))
- Approvals84
- Gross approval$18,352,400
- Average approval$218,481
- Median approval$80,800
- Ninetieth percentile approval$605,100
- Largest approval$1,402,500
- Jobs supported382
- Jobs per approval4.5
- Loans with a final outcome17
- Paid in full13
- Charged off4
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans23.5 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more16.7 percent
- Share to franchises4.8 percent
- Distinct lenders22
- Distinct industries by NAICS44
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Dearborn Heights (504)
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$926,000
- Average approval$231,500
- Median approval$263,000
- Largest approval$269,000
- Jobs supported15
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Dearborn Heights
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 7
- NFIP community number260221
- Currently effective map date12/03/13
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Wayne County, not Dearborn Heights
Wayne County context, not Dearborn Heights figures
These are Wayne County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Dearborn Heights measurements.
- Establishments in Wayne County33,699
- Employment at those establishments, Wayne County665,558
- Covered employment, Wayne County725,504
- Average annual pay, Wayne County$76,411
- Average weekly wage, Wayne County$1,469
- Housing units permitted, Wayne County2,629
- Of those, single family, Wayne County1,058
- County product, 2024, Wayne County$129,920,105,000
- County product change over the prior year, Wayne County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Wayne County$60,504
Every figure in this section is published for Wayne County as a whole and is not a measurement of Dearborn Heights. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Dearborn Heights questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Dearborn Heights, Michigan?
61,771, in 22,242 households. Dearborn Heights city covers 11.74 square miles of land, which is 5,263 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Dearborn Heights in?
Wayne County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Dearborn Heights?
$60,391. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $185,100. Median gross rent is $1,331 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Dearborn Heights businesses?
84 7(a) approvals totalling $18.4 m, across 22 lenders, median approval $80,800, plus 4 504 approvals worth $926,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Dearborn Heights, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Dearborn Heights borrowers get paid back?
Of the 17 loans that have reached a final outcome, 13 were paid in full and 4 charged off, a charge off rate of 23.5 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Dearborn Heights in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Dearborn Heights appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 260221, carrying Community Rating System class 7, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Dearborn Heights figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Wayne County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Dearborn Heights.
Is zoning published for Dearborn Heights?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.