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Detroit, MI

632,589 Population
138.7 square miles 4,559.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 40.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$22,122 ±$842 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $37,996 ±$438
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $35,353 ±$229
$36,140 ±$1,326 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $67,153 ±$871
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $63,498 ±$526

30.2% ±2% (187,867  ±12,430) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 13.4% 577,524 (±0.4% / ±18,569)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,286,329 (±0.3% / ±29,158)

25.5 minutes ±1.3 (4,666,470  ±160,253) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 25.4 40,324,552 (±0.2 / ±531,721)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 23.8 89,994,470 (±0.2 / ±845,693)

Families

251,729 ±4,285 Number of households
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,759,573 ±6,699
  • Michigan: 4,051,798 ±10,574
2.5 ±0 (619,915  ±2,598) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 2.5 4,321,665 (±0 / ±3,551)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,839,062 (±0)

7.1% ±1.1% (11,075  ±1,663) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5.6% 55,249 (±0.4% / ±3,978)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 5.2% 117,076 (±0.2% / ±5,489)

Housing

322,906 ±4,766 Number of housing units
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,907,780 ±1,456
  • Michigan: 4,590,384 ±648

$69,300 ±$2,831 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $220,900 ±$2,154
  • about one-third of the amount in Michigan: $199,100 ±$1,479

9.5% ±0.9% (58,970  ±5,869.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 9.6% 414,927 (±0.4% / ±18,016.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.3% 1,123,253 (±0.3% / ±27,022.3)

Social

84.2% ±2% (352,812  ±9,524.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 91.3% 2,797,626 (±0.8% / ±23,124.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 92% 6,411,597 (±0.5% / ±33,213.5)
18.1% ±1.1% (75,922  ±4,491.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 34.2% 1,046,021 (±0.4% / ±13,309.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 31.7% 2,208,170 (±0.3% / ±19,284.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

5.3% ±0.6% (33,450  ±3,826) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 10% 435,411 (±0.3% / ±11,201)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 6.8% 683,293 (±0.1% / ±13,895)

4.5% ±0.4% (21,369  ±2,046) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5.2% 176,310 (±0.2% / ±5,028)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 6% 474,645 (±0.1% / ±8,555)
21,369 Total veterans ±2,046 19,319 Male ±1,967 2,050 Female ±631

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