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Benton charter township, Berrien County, MI

14,292 Population
32.4 square miles 440.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Berrien County: 42.6 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,918 ±$2,373 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Berrien County: $37,747 ±$988
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$39,169 ±$3,866 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Berrien County: $63,152 ±$1,945
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

34.2% ±4.7% (4,808  ±659) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Berrien County: 15.2% 22,818 (±1.2% / ±1,799)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

18.6 minutes ±1.6 (91,610  ±11,316) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Berrien County: 20.9 1,285,985 (±0.5 / ±43,129)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

6,019 ±313 Number of households
  • Berrien County: 63,651 ±629
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.4 ±0.1 (14,140  ±94) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Berrien County: 2.4 150,369 (±0 / ±45)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

7.3% ±4.2% (227  ±132) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Berrien County: 5.1% † 1,638 (±0.8% / ±265)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

6,794 ±316 Number of housing units
  • Berrien County: 77,127 ±77
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$127,200 ±$13,905 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Berrien County: $211,400 ±$3,842
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

9.6% ±2.7% (1,358  ±385.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Berrien County: 11.8% 17,871 (±1% / ±1,519.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

83% ±5% (7,591  ±586.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Berrien County: 92.3% 99,653 (±1.9% / ±2,020.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
16.1% ±2.7% (1,475  ±252.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Berrien County: 30.3% 32,651 (±1% / ±1,068.6)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.9% ±1.7% (560  ±236) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Berrien County: 5.4% 8,317
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

5.1% ±1.6% (514  ±166) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Berrien County: 6.1% 7,364 (±0.5% / ±548)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
514 Total veterans ±166 464 Male ±146 50 Female ±60

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