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Platte township, Benzie County, MI

360 Population
36.3 square miles 9.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.9 ±2.7 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

$52,762 ±$11,992 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Benzie County: $42,600 ±$2,026
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$91,250 ±$19,799 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Benzie County: $74,834 ±$3,104
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.3% ±5.6% (37  ±22) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Benzie County: 9.7% † 1,743 (±1.5% / ±277)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.9 minutes ±14.6 (3,295  ±1,190) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Benzie County: 24.6 175,390 (±1.2 / ±10,665)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

158 ±39 Number of households
  • Benzie County: 7,708 ±237
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.8 (349  ±82) 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

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

243 ±48 Number of housing units
  • Benzie County: 12,326 ±36
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$242,200 ±$73,724 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Benzie County: $285,700 ±$12,025
  • a little higher than the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.7% ±8.7% (42  ±32.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Benzie County: 7.7% † 1,391 (±1.6% / ±282.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.8% ±29.3% (295  ±58.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Benzie County: 94.1% 13,208 (±3.3% / ±464.1)
  • about the same as 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)
34.6% ±8.3% (110  ±37.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Benzie County: 36.9% 5,175 (±2.2% / ±307.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • a little less 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

2.2% ±1.9% (8  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Benzie County: 1.4% 254
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

14.3% ±7.5% (47  ±27) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times 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)
47 Total veterans ±27 43 Male ±25 4 Female ±7

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