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Benton Harbor city, Berrien County, MI

8,953 Population
4.4 square miles 2,040.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.8 ±4.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Berrien County: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$18,667 ±$3,448 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Berrien County: $38,351 ±$895
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$31,117 ±$4,857 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Berrien County: $65,425 ±$1,108
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

40.1% ±7.1% (3,553  ±625) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Berrien County: 15.1% 22,693 (±1.2% / ±1,752)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.1 minutes ±3.5 (50,765  ±11,171) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Berrien County: 21.2 1,287,635 (±0.7 / ±53,708)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,624 ±281 Number of households
  • Berrien County: 63,999 ±596
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (8,843  ±31) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Berrien County: 2.4 150,193 (±0 / ±47)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.7% ±4% (169  ±102) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Berrien County: 5.1% † 1,644 (±0.8% / ±248)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,239 ±258 Number of housing units
  • Berrien County: 77,276 ±73
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$76,500 ±$6,234 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in Berrien County: $224,300 ±$3,751
  • about one-third of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.3% ±5.6% (1,164  ±489.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Berrien County: 10.9% 16,504 (±1% / ±1,437.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80% ±8.5% (4,367  ±530.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Berrien County: 92.3% 99,826 (±1.9% / ±2,008)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7.4% ±2.2% (406  ±122.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Berrien County: 30.9% 33,482 (±1% / ±1,093.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.2% ±0.9% (111  ±78) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Berrien County: 5.5% 8,375
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.7% ±2.5% (292  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Berrien County: 6.1% 7,328 (±0.4% / ±533)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
292 Total veterans ±155 178 Male ±68 114 Female ±130

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