When will the power be back in Dearborn Heights, MI?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Dearborn Heights is a city of about 61,040 residents in Wayne County.
DTE Electric has reported outages for Dearborn Heights by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Dearborn Heights is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Dearborn Heights:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Dearborn Heights: the closest other places we track are Inkster, about 3 miles to the southwest; Dearborn, about 3 miles to the east; Garden City, about 3 miles to the west; and Allen Park, about 5 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Westland (5 mi W), Taylor (6 mi S), Wayne (6 mi SW), Lincoln Park (7 mi SE), Livonia (7 mi NW), Romulus (8 mi SW), Southgate (9 mi SE) and Detroit (10 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Southfield (11 mi); northeast toward Oak Park (11 mi); southeast toward Riverview (11 mi); south toward Trenton (13 mi); southwest toward Sylvania, OH (47 mi); west toward Ypsilanti (18 mi); and northwest toward Farmington (11 mi).
Who serves Dearborn Heights?
We track live outage data from DTE Electric in Wayne County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Wyandotte Municipal Service Commission also serves parts of Wayne County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Dearborn Heights's last tracked outage began Sep 30, peaked at 25 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours.
- Sep 30 — 25 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 6 — 239 customers out, restored in 22 hours
- Sep 2 — 5,819 customers out, restored in 3.6 days
- Sep 1 — 303 customers out, restored in 7 hours
County context: across all of Wayne County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 14 hr. The full record for Wayne County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Dearborn Heights, MI?
To check your own street, search a Dearborn Heights ZIP code — 48125 or 48127 — and the map opens on that area.
