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Benzonia township, Benzie County, MI

2,769 Population
27.8 square miles 99.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.9 ±4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Benzie County: 50.6 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$43,591 ±$7,899 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Benzie County: $40,984 ±$2,353
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$60,156 ±$5,205 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Benzie County: $72,603 ±$3,700
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

19.6% ±5.5% (533  ±149) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Benzie County: 10.2% † 1,824 (±1.3% / ±236)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

17.3 minutes ±2 (16,695  ±2,794) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Benzie County: 24.8 176,225 (±1.4 / ±12,017)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

1,255 ±81 Number of households
  • Benzie County: 7,466 ±213
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.1 ±0.2 (2,689  ±60) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Benzie County: 2.4 17,868 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

15.3% ±10.1% (62  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Benzie County: 5.4% † 179 (±2.1% / ±70)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

2,191 ±134 Number of housing units
  • Benzie County: 12,231 ±37
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$264,200 ±$20,193 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Benzie County: $254,400 ±$9,372
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

8.7% ±3.7% (236  ±99.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Benzie County: 6.9% † 1,246 (±1.2% / ±214.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

95.3% ±7.8% (2,199  ±195.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Benzie County: 93.9% 13,094 (±3.4% / ±475.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
37.1% ±4.8% (855  ±114.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Benzie County: 34.3% 4,788 (±1.9% / ±266.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

0.8% ±0.7% (23  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Benzie County: 1.3% 244
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

5.3% ±1.4% (129  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Benzie County: 9.7% † 1,462 (±1% / ±151)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
129 Total veterans ±35 121 Male ±35 8 Female ±6

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