Dearborn, MI: Local News, Events & Neighbors

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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How Dearborn ranks

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#69Fastest growing in MI #91Highest graduation rate in MI #205Shortest commute in MI All MI rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code48120, 48121, 48123

Area code313

Living in Dearborn

Housing in Dearborn

$251K▲ 4.2% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Dearborn home is worth about $251,000, up 4.2% in a year, 6% below the Michigan typical home.

A strong seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market14

Sale-to-list100.6%

Sold in May86

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Safety in Dearborn

C

Safety Grade C

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%.

Violent crime per 1,000

Dearborn 2.5

Michigan 4.3

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Dearborn 17.2

Michigan 13

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Dearborn

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B

School Grade B

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.

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DistrictDearborn City School DistrictSchools47

Henry Ford Elementary School C-Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 697 students William Ford Elementary School C-Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 580 students Miller Elementary School C-Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 575 students Haigh Elementary School A-Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 552 students Maples Elementary School C+Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 541 students The Dearborn Academy C-Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 518 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within MI. Ratings are from neighbors.