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Benton Harbor, MI

9,023 Population
4.4 square miles 2,059.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.2 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 42.6 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$19,108 ±$3,354 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Niles, MI Metro Area: $37,747 ±$988
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$29,652 ±$5,080 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Niles, MI Metro Area: $63,152 ±$1,945
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

41.9% ±7.9% (3,752  ±710) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 15.2% 22,818 (±1.2% / ±1,799)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

18.3 minutes ±3.6 (53,155  ±12,426) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 20.9 1,285,985 (±0.5 / ±43,129)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

3,739 ±259 Number of households
  • the Niles, MI Metro Area: 63,651 ±629
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.4 ±0.2 (8,896  ±22) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 2.4 150,369 (±0 / ±45)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

4.3% ±2.3% (115  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 5.1% † 1,638 (±0.8% / ±265)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

4,324 ±266 Number of housing units
  • the Niles, MI Metro Area: 77,127 ±77
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$75,500 ±$6,481 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in the Niles, MI Metro Area: $211,400 ±$3,842
  • about one-third of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

12.4% ±5.2% (1,105  ±459) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 11.8% 17,871 (±1% / ±1,519.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

80.7% ±8.8% (4,484  ±541.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 92.3% 99,653 (±1.9% / ±2,020.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
7.9% ±2.5% (436  ±138.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 30.3% 32,651 (±1% / ±1,068.6)
  • about one-quarter 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

1.1% ±0.8% (96  ±73) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 5.4% 8,317
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

3.2% ±2.1% (208  ±133) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 6.1% 7,364 (±0.5% / ±548)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
208 Total veterans ±133 114 Male ±61 94 Female ±115

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