Today, Dearborn is a unique Arab-American community--both nationally and among the smaller Arab communities scattered around Metro Detroit. The Dearborn community is overwhelmingly Muslim, and majority Shiite Muslim. Shiites are a minority in the Muslim world. It’s also mostly Lebanese, with smaller pockets of Iraqis, Yemenis, and Palestinians.

Dearborn may now be a Muslim-majority city since most of the city's Arab American population is believed to be Muslim, though the percentage is unclear since the U.S. Census doesn't ask about religious identity. Dearborn has some churches with Arab American congregants.