Bendon vs Thompsonville

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

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

Thompsonville has the higher population (508 vs 284 in Bendon). Bendon has the higher median household income ($69,625 vs $62,083 in Thompsonville). Bendon has the higher median home value ($261,700 vs $100,700 in Thompsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Bendon	Thompsonville
Population	284	508
Median age	31.7 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,625	$62,083
Median home value	$261,700	$100,700
Median gross rent	—	$731
Housing units	94	292
Homeownership rate	67.0%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bendon	Thompsonville
Population	181 → 284 (+56.9%)	481 → 508 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$22,440 → $69,625 (+210.3%)	$34,375 → $62,083 (+80.6%)
Median home value	$117,900 → $261,700 (+122.0%)	$80,000 → $100,700 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$433 → $731 (+68.8%)

Bendon

Population

181284

Median household income

$22,440$69,625

Median home value

$117,900$261,700

Thompsonville

Population

481508

Median household income

$34,375$62,083

Median home value

$80,000$100,700

Median gross rent

$433$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bendon	Thompsonville
Under 5	12.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	31.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	20.1%	18.5%
35 to 44	15.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	4.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	3.5%	14.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.4%
75 and over	12.7%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bendon	Thompsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.5%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bendon	Thompsonville
No high school diploma	0.0%	15.3%
High school graduate	57.5%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bendon	Thompsonville
Drove alone	70.5%	82.9%
Carpooled	19.2%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bendon	Thompsonville
1-unit, detached	50.0%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	50.0%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Bendon	Thompsonville
Poverty rate	24.6%	15.4%
Average household size	3.02	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1997	1974