Bendon vs Frankfort

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

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

Frankfort has the higher population (1,158 vs 284 in Bendon). Bendon has the higher median household income ($69,625 vs $51,813 in Frankfort). Frankfort has the higher median home value ($305,600 vs $261,700 in Bendon).

Population, income & housing

	Bendon	Frankfort
Population	284	1,158
Median age	31.7 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,625	$51,813
Median home value	$261,700	$305,600
Median gross rent	—	$749
Housing units	94	850
Homeownership rate	67.0%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bendon	Frankfort
Population	181 → 284 (+56.9%)	1,059 → 1,158 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$22,440 → $69,625 (+210.3%)	$41,500 → $51,813 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$117,900 → $261,700 (+122.0%)	$187,500 → $305,600 (+63.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$629 → $749 (+19.1%)

Bendon

Population

181284

Median household income

$22,440$69,625

Median home value

$117,900$261,700

Frankfort

Population

1,0591,158

Median household income

$41,500$51,813

Median home value

$187,500$305,600

Median gross rent

$629$749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bendon	Frankfort
Under 5	12.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	31.3%	9.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.2%
25 to 34	20.1%	5.8%
35 to 44	15.5%	9.1%
45 to 54	4.6%	6.8%
55 to 64	3.5%	17.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	18.0%
75 and over	12.7%	23.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bendon	Frankfort
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bendon	Frankfort
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.3%
High school graduate	57.5%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bendon	Frankfort
Drove alone	70.5%	70.5%
Carpooled	19.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.1%
Worked from home	10.3%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bendon	Frankfort
1-unit, detached	50.0%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	50.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Bendon	Frankfort
Poverty rate	24.6%	13.0%
Average household size	3.02	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1997	1970