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Detroit, MI

672,681 Population
138.7 square miles 4,849.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$18,427 ±$673 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $33,733 ±$387
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $31,508 ±$244
$31,283 ±$779 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $60,513 ±$602
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $56,697 ±$406

33.4% ±1.7% (220,431  ±11,246) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 14.3% 612,777 (±0.4% / ±19,020)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 14.1% 1,373,349 (±0.3% / ±26,495)

26 minutes ±0.9 (6,071,010  ±278,258) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 27.3 52,582,860 (±0.2 / ±541,488)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.7 109,262,625 (±0.2 / ±811,081)

Families

266,333 ±4,358 Number of households
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,710,686 ±6,424
  • Michigan: 3,957,466 ±12,369
2.5 ±0 (658,964  ±1,895) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 2.5 4,277,675 (±0 / ±2,777)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,769,646 (±0)

6% ±0.9% (10,207  ±1,589) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5.1% 50,816 (±0.3% / ±2,839)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,629 (±0.3% / ±5,760)

Housing

362,863 ±4,259 Number of housing units
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,912,856 ±1,151
  • Michigan: 4,614,552 ±605

$51,600 ±$2,045 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $180,300 ±$2,313
  • about one-third of the amount in Michigan: $162,500 ±$780

11.8% ±1.2% (78,225  ±8,011.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 11.7% 498,942 (±0.4% / ±18,209.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.4% 1,328,982 (±0.3% / ±28,644.4)

Social

81.1% ±1.9% (355,179  ±9,051.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 90.2% 2,716,492 (±0.8% / ±22,681.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 91.1% 6,257,422 (±0.5% / ±33,006.7)
15.5% ±0.9% (67,750  ±3,974) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 31.8% 956,574 (±0.4% / ±12,645.5)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 29.6% 2,031,893 (±0.3% / ±18,796.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

6.6% ±0.8% (44,520  ±5,287) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 10.3% 446,559 (±0.3% / ±11,589)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 7% 695,217 (±0.2% / ±15,068)

5% ±0.4% (25,133  ±2,052) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 6% 200,512 (±0.2% / ±5,764)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 6.8% 530,572 (±0.1% / ±9,103)
25,133 Total veterans ±2,052 22,183 Male ±1,905 2,950 Female ±919

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