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Detroit, MI

620,410 Population
138.7 square miles 4,472 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 40.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.3 ±0.1

Economics

$22,097 ±$946 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $40,496 ±$421
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $38,151 ±$294
$36,453 ±$1,593 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $71,265 ±$1,048
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $66,986 ±$675

33.8% ±2.3% (205,986  ±13,818) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 13.8% 595,107 (±0.6% / ±23,830)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.4% 1,315,899 (±0.3% / ±31,439)

25.1 minutes ±1.2 (4,851,885  ±330,397) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 26 44,512,320 (±0.4 / ±772,904)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 98,378,064 (±0.2 / ±955,639)

Families

243,243 ±5,112 Number of households
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,762,104 ±6,310
  • Michigan: 4,089,794 ±11,504
2.5 ±0.1 (608,711  ±624) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 2.4 4,302,435 (±0 / ±575)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 † 9,821,154 (±135.8 / ±-555,555,600)

5.2% ±1.3% (8,091  ±1,957) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5.2% 50,324 (±0.5% / ±4,470)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 5% 111,639 (±0.3% / ±7,104)

Housing

311,291 ±5,527 Number of housing units
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,916,090 ±843
  • Michigan: 4,605,363 ±2,410

$83,600 ±$3,147 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $245,500 ±$2,430
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $224,400 ±$1,404

11.8% ±1.4% (72,219  ±8,696.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 10.1% 432,621 (±0.4% / ±16,887)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,149,751 (±0.3% / ±25,103.2)

Social

82.3% ±2.2% (336,322  ±10,271.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 91.2% 2,782,648 (±0.9% / ±26,431.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 91.8% 6,409,230 (±0.5% / ±35,800.6)
17.1% ±1% (69,687  ±4,376.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 34.5% 1,053,782 (±0.5% / ±15,740.6)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 32.1% 2,241,852 (±0.3% / ±20,682.8)

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

6.1% ±0.7% (37,968  ±4,458) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 10.3% † 447,666 (±1,316.9% / ±12,408)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 6.9% † 695,203 (±383.6% / ±16,901)

4.7% ±0.5% (22,009  ±2,356) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5.1% 173,143 (±0.2% / ±5,587)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 461,809 (±0.1% / ±9,229)
22,009 Total veterans ±2,356 18,759 Male ±2,147 3,250 Female ±1,091

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