Bendon vs Hardwood Acres

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

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

Hardwood Acres has the higher population (735 vs 284 in Bendon). Hardwood Acres has the higher median household income ($107,128 vs $69,625 in Bendon). Bendon has the higher median home value ($261,700 vs $240,500 in Hardwood Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Bendon	Hardwood Acres
Population	284	735
Median age	31.7 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,625	$107,128
Median home value	$261,700	$240,500
Housing units	94	218
Homeownership rate	67.0%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bendon	Hardwood Acres
Population	181 → 284 (+56.9%)	517 → 735 (+42.2%)
Median household income	$22,440 → $69,625 (+210.3%)	$94,022 → $107,128 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$117,900 → $261,700 (+122.0%)	$194,600 → $240,500 (+23.6%)

Bendon

Population

181284

Median household income

$22,440$69,625

Median home value

$117,900$261,700

Hardwood Acres

Population

517735

Median household income

$94,022$107,128

Median home value

$194,600$240,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bendon	Hardwood Acres
Under 5	12.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	31.3%	31.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	20.1%	3.5%
35 to 44	15.5%	24.6%
45 to 54	4.6%	17.7%
55 to 64	3.5%	1.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	2.2%
75 and over	12.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bendon	Hardwood Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bendon	Hardwood Acres
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.8%
High school graduate	57.5%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bendon	Hardwood Acres
Drove alone	70.5%	72.2%
Carpooled	19.2%	27.8%
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	Hardwood Acres
1-unit, detached	50.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	50.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bendon	Hardwood Acres
Poverty rate	24.6%	2.7%
Average household size	3.02	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1997	1994