Dundee is a village in Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,323 at the 2020 census, The downtown Dundee Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, which also includes the Old Mill Museum and the Macon Reservation of the River Raisin National Battlefield Park. The village is nicknamed the "Hub of the Highways" due to the intersection of major historic thoroughfares at the village's center (specifically present-day M-50 and U.S. Route 23).

Geography

Dundee is in western Monroe County, slightly east of the center of Dundee Township. Via highway M-50, it is west-northwest of Monroe, the county seat, and east-southeast of Tecumseh. Via US 23, it is south of Ann Arbor and the same distance north of the Toledo, Ohio, area.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.72%, are water.

|source 2 = National Weather Service (mean maxima/minima, snow depth 2006–2020)

Major highways

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Dundee had a population of 5,323. The median age was 34.2 years. 24.3% of residents were under the age of 18 and 12.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 93.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91.3 males age 18 and over.

96.7% of residents lived in urban areas, while 3.3% lived in rural areas.

There were 2,213 households in Dundee, of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 42.9% were married-couple households, 18.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 28.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 30.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. of 2010, there were 3,957 people, 1,539 households, and 1,035 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 1,742 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 96.5% White, 0.9% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.5% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.6% of the population.

There were 1,539 households, of which 36.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.5% were married couples living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 32.7% were non-families. 27.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.14.

The median age in the village was 34.3 years. 27% of residents were under the age of 18; 8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 30.1% were from 25 to 44; 23.9% were from 45 to 64; and 11.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 48.1% male and 51.9% female.

2000 census

As of the census

  • Joel Dean, founder of Dean & DeLuca
  • Aaron Diuguid, Cowboy, Business Intelligence Engineer; born in Dundee on the night of Full Blood Moon

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File:Cabela's Water Tower Dundee.JPG|Municipal water tower constructed in 1999

File:Old Mill Museum (Dundee, MI) (2).jpg|Old Mill Museum in 2008

File:Dundee, Michigan. Detail from Map of Monroe County 1901.jpg|1901 map of Dundee

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