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Detroit, MI

677,124 Population
138.8 square miles 4,880.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2015 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 39.7 ±0.1

Economics

$15,611 ±$595 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $29,736 ±$290
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $27,865 ±$185
$25,980 ±$872 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $53,628 ±$774
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $51,084 ±$244

39.8% ±1.9% (265,097  ±12,527) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 16.1% 685,863 (±0.5% / ±20,180)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 15.8% 1,529,645 (±0.3% / ±27,659)

25.9 minutes ±0.8 (5,369,890  ±236,362) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 26.6 49,437,905 (±0.2 / ±481,518)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 103,775,505 (±0.2 / ±786,740)

Families

255,580 ±4,170 Number of households
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,674,251 ±7,476
  • Michigan: 3,858,532 ±11,041
2.6 ±0 (664,650  ±1,912) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 2.5 4,254,345 (±0 / ±2,913)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,695,391 (±0)

5.3% ±0.8% (9,247  ±1,341) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5.1% 51,126 (±0.3% / ±3,367)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 5% 114,616 (±0.2% / ±4,597)

Housing

361,370 ±4,254 Number of housing units
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,895,784 ±1,138
  • Michigan: 4,550,324 ±492

$42,600 ±$1,908 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $151,000 ±$1,455
  • about one-third of the amount in Michigan: $137,500 ±$796

15.2% ±1.1% (101,233  ±7,572.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 13% 552,060 (±0.4% / ±17,334)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 14.4% 1,416,758 (±0.3% / ±25,866.5)

Social

79.6% ±1.7% (344,385  ±7,744.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 89.3% 2,634,886 (±0.7% / ±21,016.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 90.2% 6,065,447 (±0.5% / ±30,248.7)
14.2% ±0.8% (61,594  ±3,572.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 29.5% 870,337 (±0.4% / ±11,981.2)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 27.8% 1,870,473 (±0.3% / ±16,943.9)

10.4% ±0.4% (66,840  ±2,376.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2015 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 12.7% 512,660 (±0.2% / ±6,304.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 9.2% 859,731 (±0.1% / ±7,873.8)

5.9% ±0.6% (39,861  ±3,800) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 9.6% 410,787 (±0.3% / ±10,921)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 6.6% 652,090 (±0.1% / ±14,179)

5.8% ±0.4% (29,511  ±2,124) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 6.7% 220,885 (±0.2% / ±5,511)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7.5% 579,197 (±0.1% / ±9,020)
29,511 Total veterans ±2,124 26,981 Male ±1,911 2,530 Female ±798

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