Bendon vs Benzonia

A side-by-side comparison of Bendon and Benzonia: population, income, housing, and more.

Bendon and Benzonia are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Benzonia has the higher population (735 vs 284 in Bendon). Bendon has the higher median household income ($69,625 vs $61,161 in Benzonia). Bendon has the higher median home value ($261,700 vs $195,800 in Benzonia).

Population, income & housing

	Bendon	Benzonia
Population	284	735
Median age	31.7 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,625	$61,161
Median home value	$261,700	$195,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,292
Housing units	94	367
Homeownership rate	67.0%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bendon	Benzonia
Population	181 → 284 (+56.9%)	503 → 735 (+46.1%)
Median household income	$22,440 → $69,625 (+210.3%)	$38,516 → $61,161 (+58.8%)
Median home value	$117,900 → $261,700 (+122.0%)	$116,100 → $195,800 (+68.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$675 → $1,292 (+91.4%)

Bendon

Population

181284

Median household income

$22,440$69,625

Median home value

$117,900$261,700

Benzonia

Population

503735

Median household income

$38,516$61,161

Median home value

$116,100$195,800

Median gross rent

$675$1,292

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bendon	Benzonia
Under 5	12.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	31.3%	9.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	20.1%	13.1%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	4.6%	17.6%
55 to 64	3.5%	17.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	9.4%
75 and over	12.7%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bendon	Benzonia
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	83.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	6.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bendon	Benzonia
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.1%
High school graduate	57.5%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bendon	Benzonia
Drove alone	70.5%	66.1%
Carpooled	19.2%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	5.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.3%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bendon	Benzonia
1-unit, detached	50.0%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	50.0%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Bendon	Benzonia
Poverty rate	24.6%	17.4%
Average household size	3.02	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1997	1960