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Colfax township, Benzie County, MI

694 Population
35.6 square miles 19.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.3 ±12.4 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

$29,631 ±$3,162 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Benzie County: $40,984 ±$2,353
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$53,438 ±$14,192 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Benzie County: $72,603 ±$3,700
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

15% ±7% (104  ±54) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Benzie County: 10.2% † 1,824 (±1.3% / ±236)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

26.2 minutes ±1.5 (7,110  ±1,505) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Benzie County: 24.8 176,225 (±1.4 / ±12,017)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

307 ±66 Number of households
  • Benzie County: 7,466 ±213
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.3 ±0.1 (694  ±154) Persons per household
  • a little less than 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

2% ±5% (2  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Benzie County: 5.4% † 179 (±2.1% / ±70)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

393 ±73 Number of housing units
  • Benzie County: 12,231 ±37
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$155,700 ±$40,418 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Benzie County: $254,400 ±$9,372
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

4.8% ±3.3% (33  ±23.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Benzie County: 6.9% † 1,246 (±1.2% / ±214.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

80.6% ±24.6% (452  ±80.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Benzie County: 93.9% 13,094 (±3.4% / ±475.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
17.8% ±4.3% (100  ±34.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Benzie County: 34.3% 4,788 (±1.9% / ±266.5)
  • about three-fifths 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

2.6% ±2.4% (18  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Benzie County: 1.3% 244
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

17.9% ±11.6% (109  ±75) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Benzie County: 9.7% † 1,462 (±1% / ±151)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
109 Total veterans ±75 101 Male ±75 8 Female ±7

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