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Detroit, MI

673,103 Population
138.7 square miles 4,852.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 40 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$17,667 ±$689 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $32,924 ±$343
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $30,488 ±$200
$30,344 ±$1,041 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $58,411 ±$777
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $54,909 ±$440

34.5% ±1.7% (227,766  ±11,427) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 14.6% 620,334 (±0.5% / ±19,753)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 14.2% 1,377,766 (±0.3% / ±28,586)

25.4 minutes ±0.9 (5,569,925  ±258,207) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 26.7 50,734,375 (±0.2 / ±568,772)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.3 106,261,775 (±0.2 / ±847,681)

Families

264,360 ±4,612 Number of households
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,707,501 ±8,035
  • Michigan: 3,930,017 ±12,926
2.5 ±0 (659,419  ±2,158) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 2.5 4,263,813 (±0 / ±2,842)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,732,455 (±0)

6% ±1% (10,246  ±1,775) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5.4% 53,599 (±0.4% / ±4,362)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.2% 117,528 (±0.2% / ±5,227)

Housing

363,525 ±4,286 Number of housing units
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,906,028 ±1,173
  • Michigan: 4,595,274 ±365

$50,200 ±$2,020 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $171,600 ±$1,253
  • about one-third of the amount in Michigan: $155,700 ±$757

15.5% ±1.3% (102,696  ±8,414.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 12.8% 546,994 (±0.5% / ±19,653.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 14.2% 1,400,771 (±0.3% / ±29,215.9)

Social

81.2% ±1.7% (354,999  ±8,307.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 90.2% 2,694,381 (±0.7% / ±21,470.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 90.9% 6,199,344 (±0.5% / ±31,990.8)
14.6% ±0.8% (63,600  ±3,681) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 31.1% 928,776 (±0.4% / ±12,064.4)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 29.1% 1,985,564 (±0.3% / ±18,103.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

6.2% ±0.6% (41,374  ±3,727) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 10.3% 442,980 (±0.3% / ±13,950)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7.1% 703,806 (±0.2% / ±16,780)

5.3% ±0.4% (27,016  ±2,016) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 6.4% 214,571 (±0.2% / ±6,543)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 7.1% 552,362 (±0.1% / ±9,985)
27,016 Total veterans ±2,016 24,025 Male ±2,014 2,991 Female ±814

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