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Benona township, Oceana County, MI

1,515 Population
40.6 square miles 37.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.5 ±6.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Oceana County: 43.9 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$41,225 ±$4,904 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Oceana County: $31,577 ±$1,384
  • a little higher than the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$71,607 ±$19,503 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Oceana County: $63,624 ±$3,124
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

8.3% ±3.9% (125  ±60) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oceana County: 13.3% 3,499 (±1.3% / ±345)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

28.4 minutes ±3.9 (17,595  ±3,490) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Oceana County: 23.7 249,675 (±1.1 / ±14,118)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

623 ±77 Number of households
  • Oceana County: 10,247 ±218
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.4 ±0.4 (1,476  ±167) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oceana County: 2.6 26,141 (±0.1 / ±21)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

7% ±5.9% (17  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Oceana County: 7.1% † 357 (±1.7% / ±86)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

1,389 ±120 Number of housing units
  • Oceana County: 15,645 ±61
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$224,100 ±$39,591 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Oceana County: $167,600 ±$6,133
  • a little higher than the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

4% ±2.1% (60  ±31.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oceana County: 9.1% † 2,423 (±1.2% / ±323.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

90.6% ±16.3% (1,088  ±131.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oceana County: 90.6% 17,209 (±2.8% / ±538.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
29.9% ±4.1% (359  ±68.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oceana County: 21% 3,985 (±1.6% / ±302.8)
  • a little less than 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

3.8% ±3.6% (58  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oceana County: 4.6% 1,228
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

10.1% ±2.8% (132  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oceana County: 7.9% 1,659 (±0.7% / ±154)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
132 Total veterans ±39 126 Male ±37 6 Female ±8

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