Michigan

Distance from Dearborn to Detroit

Straight-line distance

7.4mi

Dearborn, MI and Detroit, MI are 7.4 miles (11.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Dearborn, the shortest path starts out heading NE (49°).

kilometers
11.9
nautical miles
6.4
heading from Dearborn
49° NE
heading from Detroit
229° SW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Dearborn is from Detroit

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Dearborn and Detroit is 7.4 miles, 11.9 km or 6.4 nautical miles. That is the shortest path over the Earth's surface, computed with the haversine formula on a sphere with the mean Earth radius, 6,371.0 km. A course held on one compass bearing (a rhumb line) would be 7.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
7.4
Kilometers
11.9
Nautical miles
6.4
Bearing from Dearborn
49.1° NE
Bearing arriving at Detroit
49.2°
Bearing from Detroit
229.2° SW

Halfway between Dearborn and Detroit

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.348063, -83.156880 (42°20'53.03"N 83°09'24.77"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Dearborn, MI, with 106,377 residents, 3.7 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Both use America/Detroit, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Dearborn gets 15 h 17 min of daylight and Detroit 15 h 17 min; on December 21, 9 h 05 min and 9 h 04 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Detroit has 6.1 times the population of Dearborn. From July 2020 to July 2024, Dearborn changed by -2.9% and Detroit by +1.1%. Both are in Michigan.

  1. 01Dearborn, MI106,377 (-2.9%)
  2. 02Detroit, MI645,705 (+1.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Dearborn from Detroit?

7.4 miles, 11.9 km or 6.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Detroit from Dearborn?

NE. The great-circle path leaves Dearborn on a bearing of 49.1° and arrives at Detroit on 49.2°. The return trip starts on 229.2°.

What is halfway between Dearborn and Detroit?

The midpoint is at 42.348063, -83.156880. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Dearborn, MI, 3.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Dearborn and Detroit?

Both use America/Detroit, so there is no time difference.

Which is bigger, Dearborn or Detroit?

Detroit, with 645,705 residents in July 2024 against 106,377 for Dearborn, 6.1 times as many.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census 2024 Gazetteer internal points and Vintage 2024 estimates; time zones from Open-Meteo.

  1. 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  2. 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  3. 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
  4. 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)

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