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Benzonia township, Benzie County, MI

2,791 Population
27.8 square miles 100.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.6 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Benzie County: 50.8 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$49,412 ±$7,073 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Benzie County: $42,600 ±$2,026
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,500 ±$17,090 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Benzie County: $74,834 ±$3,104
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.5% ±4.5% (424  ±124) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Benzie County: 9.7% † 1,743 (±1.5% / ±277)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18 minutes ±1.5 (18,455  ±2,708) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Benzie County: 24.6 175,390 (±1.2 / ±10,665)
  • 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

1,256 ±76 Number of households
  • Benzie County: 7,708 ±237
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (2,712  ±70) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Benzie County: 2.3 18,006 (±0.1 / ±38)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.6% ±3.8% (28  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Benzie County: 4% † 130 (±1.4% / ±46)
  • 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

2,125 ±120 Number of housing units
  • Benzie County: 12,326 ±36
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$327,000 ±$21,086 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Benzie County: $285,700 ±$12,025
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8% ±3.4% (219  ±91.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Benzie County: 7.7% † 1,391 (±1.6% / ±282.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.8% ±7.5% (2,195  ±195.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Benzie County: 94.1% 13,208 (±3.3% / ±464.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.3% ±5.5% (909  ±133.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Benzie County: 36.9% 5,175 (±2.2% / ±307.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

1.7% ±1.1% (48  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Benzie County: 1.4% 254
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.6% ±1.6% (136  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Benzie County: 9.7% 1,469 (±0.9% / ±140)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
136 Total veterans ±39 127 Male ±39 9 Female ±8

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