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Dearborn, MI
106,377 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2621000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Dearborn ranked #298 of 340 cities and 11th of 14 in its peer group, on 7 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Dearborn and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Lakewood NJ, Brockton MA, Waterbury CT, High Point NC, Lowell MA, Elgin IL, Gresham OR, Santa Maria CA, Concord NC, Green Bay WI, Bridgeport CT, West Valley City UT, Victorville CA · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #298 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #297 | #137 | #295 | #285 | #252 | #238 | #269 | #259 | #222 | #285 | #194 | #249 | #283 | #269 | #253 | #300 | #239 | #300 | #298 | #170 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 99,255 | 99,121 | 98,780 | 98,190 | 98,065 | 97,849 | 97,173 | 96,878 | 96,065 | 95,973 | 95,488 | 95,052 | 94,708 | 94,379 | 93,932 | 109,555 | 108,226 | 106,748 | 106,245 | 106,377 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #219 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | -1.6 | -1.9 | -2.0 | -2.3 | -1.8 | — | -1.2 | -1.0 | -1.5 | -1.1 | -0.9 | -0.9 | -0.7 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.2 | -0.9 | -1.1 | -0.9 | -0.5 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #291 of 303 cities with data · 12th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2022 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #280 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 23.6% | 20.7% | 22.9% | 22.3% | 24.0% | 26.6% | 25.1% | 24.4% | 25.0% | 27.0% | 22.9% | 23.2% | 24.2% | 22.7% | 22.4% | — | 21.9% | 26.5% | 31.8% | 27.8% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #23 of 304 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | — | 1.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #151 of 295 cities with data · 11th of 13 in its peer group with data | 50.4 | 37.3 | 46.6 | 31.6 | 40.8 | 35.8 | 41.2 | 28.9 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 54.5 | 47.3 | 43.3 | 46.6 | 51.1 | 77.6 | 81.3 | 52.5 | 51.8 | 62.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 92,548 | 95,780 | 86,870 | 84,038 | 77,612 | 78,296 | 82,494 | 82,627 | 86,887 | 81,056 | 86,066 | 86,446 | 87,752 | 85,093 | 86,443 | 78,442 | 80,316 | — | — | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #176 of 336 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2021 | -6.1 | +5.1 | -7.1 | -1.4 | +0.2 | +2.1 | +1.7 | -2.8 | +3.3 | -7.4 | +2.6 | -1.0 | -0.1 | -4.2 | +0.9 | -0.2 | -0.4 | — | — | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34,619 | 32,493 | 33,226 | 36,535 | 37,314 | 36,043 | 35,107 | 36,965 | 37,098 | — | 40,211 | 43,565 | 40,174 | 42,156 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #67 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.7% | 10.4% | 10.3% | 10.3% | 6.5% | 7.3% | 7.4% | 7.3% | 5.1% | — | 7.8% | 6.0% | 7.1% | 3.7% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #275 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 13% | 13% | 2% | 11% | 15% | 3% | 14% | 16% | 20% | 17% | 14% | 13% | 3% | 2% | 0% | -0% | 3% | -6% | 15% | -2% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #114 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | $2,747 | $2,862 | $3,154 | $3,380 | $3,757 | $4,007 | $4,133 | $3,866 | $3,605 | $3,360 | $3,179 | $3,045 | $3,063 | $3,558 | $4,284 | $3,392 | $3,046 | $2,566 | $2,292 | $2,044 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Dearborn. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.