Dearborn is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 107,710 people and 32 associated neighborhoods, Dearborn is the seventh largest community in Michigan.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Dearborn is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dearborn is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dearborn who work in office and administrative support (10.07%), healthcare (9.09%), and sales jobs (8.55%). Also of interest is that Dearborn has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Dearborn telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.86% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The citizens of Dearborn are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.76% of adults in Dearborn have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Dearborn in 2022 was $29,174, which is middle income relative to Michigan, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,696 for a family of four. However, Dearborn contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dearborn is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Dearborn home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dearborn residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dearborn include Lebanese, Other Arab, German, Polish, and Irish. In addition, Dearborn has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (28.88%). The most common language spoken in Dearborn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Polish.
