Grand Rapids vs Dearborn Heights
Grand Rapids, MI compared with Dearborn Heights, MI · 128 miles apart
Grand Rapids has 201,183 residents to Dearborn Heights’s 60,664. Grand Rapids comes out ahead on median household income, median rent, average commute. Dearborn Heights does better on homeownership, price to income.
| Grand Rapids, MI | Dearborn Heights, MI | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 201,183 | 60,664 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 4,493 | 5,169 |
| Median household income | $69,108 | $60,391 |
| Median home value | $244,500 | $185,100 |
| Median rent | $1,266 | $1,331 |
| Homeownership | 54% | 70.5% |
| Average commute | 19 min | 23.9 min |
| Median age | 32.3 | 35.8 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 41.6% | 23.8% |
| Poverty rate | 16.9% | 21.9% |
| Unemployment | 5.2% | 7.9% |
| Price to income | 3.5× | 3.1× |
Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.
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