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Benton township, Cheboygan County, MI

3,170 Population
58.7 square miles 54 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.6 ±2.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Cheboygan County: 52.2 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,668 ±$6,710 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cheboygan County: $36,725 ±$1,522
  • a little less than the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,401 ±$5,014 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cheboygan County: $62,875 ±$3,272
  • a little less than the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.3% ±5.3% (327  ±166) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cheboygan County: 12.4% † 3,168 (±1.4% / ±355)
  • 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)

14.9 minutes ±0.7 (18,360  ±2,951) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Cheboygan County: 24.8 236,095 (±1.1 / ±13,704)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,263 ±94 Number of households
  • Cheboygan County: 11,159 ±274
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (3,136  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cheboygan County: 2.3 25,598 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5% ±4.8% (23  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Cheboygan County: 4.8% † 219 (±1.6% / ±74)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,889 ±137 Number of housing units
  • Cheboygan County: 17,788 ±43
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$200,900 ±$30,112 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Cheboygan County: $192,500 ±$12,553
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.6% ±1.5% (50  ±46.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Cheboygan County: 7.9% † 2,019 (±1.3% / ±330.8)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.8% ±9.9% (2,386  ±278.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cheboygan County: 91.1% 18,306 (±3.1% / ±631.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.4% ±4.8% (561  ±128.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cheboygan County: 24.4% 4,913 (±1.8% / ±366.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about three-fifths of 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

1.1% ±0.9% (35  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Cheboygan County: 2.2% 576
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9% ±3.1% (248  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Cheboygan County: 9.3% 2,037 (±0.9% / ±185)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
248 Total veterans ±85 203 Male ±64 45 Female ±50

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