Michigan

Distance from Dearborn to Sterling Heights

Straight-line distance

20.7mi

Dearborn, MI and Sterling Heights, MI are 20.7 miles (33.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Dearborn, the shortest path starts out heading NNE (26°).

kilometers
33.3
nautical miles
18.0
heading from Dearborn
26° NNE
heading from Sterling Heights
207° SSW
DearbornSterling Heights

Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Dearborn is from Sterling Heights

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Dearborn and Sterling Heights is 20.7 miles, 33.3 km or 18.0 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 20.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
20.7
Kilometers
33.3
Nautical miles
18.0
Bearing from Dearborn
26.4° NNE
Bearing arriving at Sterling Heights
26.6°
Bearing from Sterling Heights
206.6° SSW

Halfway between Dearborn and Sterling Heights

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.447186, -83.121094 (42°26'49.87"N 83°07'15.94"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Ferndale, MI, with 19,431 residents, 1.0 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 Sterling Heights 15 h 19 min; on December 21, 9 h 05 min and 9 h 03 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Sterling Heights has 1.3 times the population of Dearborn. From July 2020 to July 2024, Dearborn changed by -2.9% and Sterling Heights by +0.2%. Both are in Michigan.

  1. 01Dearborn, MI106,377 (-2.9%)
  2. 02Sterling Heights, MI134,342 (+0.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Dearborn from Sterling Heights?

20.7 miles, 33.3 km or 18.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Sterling Heights from Dearborn?

NNE. The great-circle path leaves Dearborn on a bearing of 26.4° and arrives at Sterling Heights on 26.6°. The return trip starts on 206.6°.

What is halfway between Dearborn and Sterling Heights?

The midpoint is at 42.447186, -83.121094. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Ferndale, MI, 1.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Dearborn and Sterling Heights?

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

Which is bigger, Dearborn or Sterling Heights?

Sterling Heights, with 134,342 residents in July 2024 against 106,377 for Dearborn, 1.3 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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