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Benton Harbor, MI

9,101 Population
4.4 square miles 2,077.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 42.5 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$18,393 ±$3,271 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Niles, MI Metro Area: $36,764 ±$1,064
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $37,929 ±$155
$26,592 ±$6,456 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Niles, MI Metro Area: $60,379 ±$1,576
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $68,505 ±$307

44.2% ±8.2% (3,979  ±741) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 15.7% 23,756 (±1.1% / ±1,612)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,293,164 (±0.1% / ±13,321)

17.7 minutes ±1.8 (55,665  ±9,380) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 21.5 1,369,405 (±0.6 / ±48,348)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 24.5 101,384,610 (±0.1 / ±438,980)

Families

3,867 ±268 Number of households
  • the Niles, MI Metro Area: 63,512 ±661
  • Michigan: 4,009,253 ±7,688
2.3 ±0.2 (8,971  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 2.4 150,885 (±0 / ±43)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,840,766

6.5% ±4.1% (175  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 5.5% † 1,764 (±0.9% / ±302)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.2% 116,868 (±0.1% / ±2,789)

Housing

4,517 ±282 Number of housing units
  • the Niles, MI Metro Area: 76,948 ±82
  • Michigan: 4,580,447 ±658

$64,100 ±$7,680 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in the Niles, MI Metro Area: $193,600 ±$5,248
  • about one-third of the amount in Michigan: $201,100 ±$796

13.7% ±5.2% (1,227  ±,461.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 12.9% 19,672 (±1% / ±1,581.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 12.2% 1,212,435 (±0.1% / ±12,907.9)

Social

79.8% ±9% (4,493  ±,565.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 91.6% 99,009 (±1.9% / ±2,010.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 91.8% 6,366,037 (±0.3% / ±17,580.6)
8.4% ±2.8% (473  ±,157.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 30.1% 32,497 (±1% / ±1,070.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 31.1% 2,160,351 (±0.1% / ±10,020.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.7% ±0.7% (59  ±59) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 5.1% 7,778
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 6.9% 694,860

4.1% ±2.3% (268  ±151) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 6.3% 7,628 (±0.4% / ±498)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 6.3% 498,788 (±0.1% / ±4,373)
268 Total veterans ±151 143 Male ±60 125 Female ±132

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