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Median Home Price in Dearborn Heights, MI

The median home value in Dearborn Heights, MI is $218,417 as of 2026-07-31, up 3.64% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$218,417

Year-over-Year

+3.64%

Population

60,148

Dearborn Heights ranks #104 of 149 Michigan cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 16.7% below the state's city median of $262,319. It sits in Wayne County, where the county-wide median is $179,490.

Housing affordability in Dearborn Heights

Median household income in Dearborn Heights is $60,391, so the typical home value is about 3.6× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.

Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).

Crime in Dearborn Heights

Dearborn Heights police recorded a violent crime rate of 459 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,239 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Dearborn Heights

What is the average home price in Dearborn Heights, MI?

People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Dearborn Heights, that value is $218,417. That's up 3.64% from a year earlier. It is about 16.7% below the typical Michigan city tracked here.

Is Dearborn Heights expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Dearborn Heights are more expensive than Wayne County as a whole, where the median is $179,490 — a difference of about 21.7%.

Is Dearborn Heights affordable?

Median household income here is $60,391, so the typical home value is about 3.6× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Dearborn Heights a safe place to live?

Dearborn Heights police reported 459 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 60,148. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.