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Colfax township, Benzie County, MI

723 Population
35.6 square miles 20.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.9 ±9.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Benzie County: 50.8 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,156 ±$4,814 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Benzie County: $42,600 ±$2,026
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,250 ±$12,544 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Benzie County: $74,834 ±$3,104
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18% ±10.1% (130  ±78) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Benzie County: 9.7% † 1,743 (±1.5% / ±277)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.4 minutes ±7.3 (7,165  ±1,431) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Benzie County: 24.6 175,390 (±1.2 / ±10,665)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

325 ±64 Number of households
  • Benzie County: 7,708 ±237
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (723  ±158) Persons per household
  • a little less than 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 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.1% ±3.1% (2  ±3) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Benzie County: 4% † 130 (±1.4% / ±46)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

388 ±70 Number of housing units
  • Benzie County: 12,326 ±36
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$166,300 ±$26,956 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Benzie County: $285,700 ±$12,025
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.6% ±3% (19  ±21.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Benzie County: 7.7% † 1,391 (±1.6% / ±282.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83% ±24.6% (472  ±80) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Benzie County: 94.1% 13,208 (±3.3% / ±464.1)
  • 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)
16.7% ±4.7% (95  ±35.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Benzie County: 36.9% 5,175 (±2.2% / ±307.9)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about half 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

2.5% ±2.6% (18  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Benzie County: 1.4% 254
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

17.8% ±11.5% (112  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Benzie County: 9.7% 1,469 (±0.9% / ±140)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
112 Total veterans ±76 104 Male ±76 8 Female ±6

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