A city of 107,423, settled in 1786. Nearly 10.8% of it is conserved land.
The 3 things Dearborn does most differently from other towns.
1912 · Dearborn MI18 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 9 places on the National Register.
1929
Presidential train approaching Smiths Creek station from Detroit
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Ordered by what stands out in Dearborn. Another town gets a different order.
48 miles of trails across 43 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ford Field | 1.8 mi | 60 |
| 2. Edison's Menlo Park | 1.4 mi | 27 |
| 3. Levagood Park | 1.1 mi | 36 |
The public schools Dearborn’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 62% of Michigan’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford Elementary School | PK–5 | 697 | C− |
| William Ford Elementary School | PK–5 | 580 | C− |
| Miller Elementary School | PK–5 | 575 | C− |
| Haigh Elementary School | PK–5 | 552 | A− |
| Maples Elementary School | PK–5 | 541 | C+ |
| The Dearborn Academy | PK–8 | 518 | C− |
About one in 4 of Dearborn’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Detroit (15%), Southfield (4%) and Livonia (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.
Dearborn beats the Michigan average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17.
| What stands out | Dearborn | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 8% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults with high blood pressure | 34.1% | 36.7% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 11.4% | 8.3% |
The typical Dearborn home is worth about $251,000, up 4.2% in a year, 6% below the Michigan typical home.
Dearborn reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 73% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 64%.
Dearborn has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 84°, a January night drops to 19°, and about 31 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 33% of U.S. communities.
2 colleges in town.
9 places in Dearborn on the National Register of Historic Places.
56 notable people were born in Dearborn.
City in Michigan, United States
Dearborn is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Dearborn borders Detroit to the north and east, roughly 7 miles (11.3 km) west of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 109,976, ranking as the seventh-most populous city in Michigan. Dearborn is best known as the hometown of the Ford Motor Company and of its founder, Henry Ford. The first written settlement of Dearborn is from the 18th century by French-Canadian voyageurs who initially called the settlement La Belle Fontaine or Place aux Fontaines because of the abundant springs in the area. Therefore, Dearborn was once named Springwells, an anglicization of the Fren…
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4 towns share a border with Dearborn.
