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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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