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Westland vs Dearborn Heights

Westland, MI compared with Dearborn Heights, MI · 5 miles apart

Westland has 82,333 residents to Dearborn Heights’s 60,664. Westland comes out ahead on median household income, median rent, poverty rate. Dearborn Heights does better on homeownership, average commute, bachelor's degree +.

Westland, MI Dearborn Heights, MI
Population 82,333 60,664
Density (per sq mi) 4,030 5,169
Median household income $62,076 $60,391
Median home value $184,600 $185,100
Median rent $1,158 $1,331
Homeownership 61.3% 70.5%
Average commute 25.4 min 23.9 min
Median age 38.1 35.8
Bachelor's degree + 23% 23.8%
Poverty rate 14.3% 21.9%
Unemployment 6% 7.9%
Price to income 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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