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Benton township, Cheboygan County, MI

3,157 Population
58.7 square miles 53.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.9 ±3.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Cheboygan County: 51.9 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$40,818 ±$6,534 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Cheboygan County: $34,750 ±$1,732
  • a little higher than the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$74,219 ±$13,576 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Cheboygan County: $61,619 ±$3,070
  • a little higher than the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

6% ±2.7% (189  ±84) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Cheboygan County: 12.8% † 3,253 (±2% / ±502)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

17.7 minutes ±2.8 (20,155  ±4,549) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Cheboygan County: 24.5 229,190 (±1.1 / ±13,832)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

1,231 ±101 Number of households
  • Cheboygan County: 10,757 ±291
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.6 ±0.2 (3,154  ±16) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cheboygan County: 2.4 25,506 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

6.4% ±6.1% (29  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cheboygan County: 3.7% † 170 (±1.1% / ±52)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

1,984 ±165 Number of housing units
  • Cheboygan County: 17,742 ±37
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$199,100 ±$22,420 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cheboygan County: $175,200 ±$8,688
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

3.4% ±2.6% (106  ±81.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cheboygan County: 8.7% † 2,224 (±1.3% / ±339.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

89.8% ±9.1% (2,350  ±261) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cheboygan County: 89.7% 17,913 (±3% / ±609.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
22.1% ±4.4% (578  ±118.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cheboygan County: 23% 4,583 (±1.7% / ±334.4)
  • about two-thirds of 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

2.2% ±1.4% (70  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Cheboygan County: 2.2% 558
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

9.7% ±3.2% (268  ±89) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Cheboygan County: 9.2% † 1,991 (±0.9% / ±201)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
268 Total veterans ±89 238 Male ±81 30 Female ±28

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