Bendon vs Elberta

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

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

Bendon has the higher population (284 vs 181 in Elberta). Elberta has the higher median household income ($125,938 vs $69,625 in Bendon). Elberta has the higher median home value ($272,400 vs $261,700 in Bendon).

Population, income & housing

	Bendon	Elberta
Population	284	181
Median age	31.7 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,625	$125,938
Median home value	$261,700	$272,400
Housing units	94	175
Homeownership rate	67.0%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bendon	Elberta
Population	181 → 284 (+56.9%)	165 → 181 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$22,440 → $69,625 (+210.3%)	$52,917 → $125,938 (+138.0%)
Median home value	$117,900 → $261,700 (+122.0%)	$116,500 → $272,400 (+133.8%)

Bendon

Population

181284

Median household income

$22,440$69,625

Median home value

$117,900$261,700

Elberta

Population

165181

Median household income

$52,917$125,938

Median home value

$116,500$272,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bendon	Elberta
Under 5	12.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	31.3%	4.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.2%
25 to 34	20.1%	35.9%
35 to 44	15.5%	2.8%
45 to 54	4.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	3.5%	3.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	21.5%
75 and over	12.7%	19.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bendon	Elberta
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	75.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	23.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bendon	Elberta
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.2%
High school graduate	57.5%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bendon	Elberta
Drove alone	70.5%	84.5%
Carpooled	19.2%	15.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bendon	Elberta
1-unit, detached	50.0%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	50.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Bendon	Elberta
Poverty rate	24.6%	1.1%
Average household size	3.02	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	27	11
Median year structure built	1997	1942