Benzonia vs Frankfort

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

Benzonia 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 735 in Benzonia). Benzonia has the higher median household income ($61,161 vs $51,813 in Frankfort). Frankfort has the higher median home value ($305,600 vs $195,800 in Benzonia).

Population, income & housing

	Benzonia	Frankfort
Population	735	1,158
Median age	46.4 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,161	$51,813
Median home value	$195,800	$305,600
Median gross rent	$1,292	$749
Housing units	367	850
Homeownership rate	89.5%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benzonia	Frankfort
Population	503 → 735 (+46.1%)	1,059 → 1,158 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$38,516 → $61,161 (+58.8%)	$41,500 → $51,813 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$116,100 → $195,800 (+68.6%)	$187,500 → $305,600 (+63.0%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $1,292 (+91.4%)	$629 → $749 (+19.1%)

Benzonia

Population

503735

Median household income

$38,516$61,161

Median home value

$116,100$195,800

Median gross rent

$675$1,292

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)

	Benzonia	Frankfort
Under 5	5.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	9.9%	9.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	5.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	9.1%
45 to 54	17.6%	6.8%
55 to 64	17.6%	17.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	18.0%
75 and over	8.8%	23.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benzonia	Frankfort
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benzonia	Frankfort
No high school diploma	3.1%	11.3%
High school graduate	22.9%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benzonia	Frankfort
Drove alone	66.1%	70.5%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.7%
Public transit	5.7%	0.3%
Walked	0.9%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	2.1%
Worked from home	15.7%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benzonia	Frankfort
1-unit, detached	87.7%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	15.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Benzonia	Frankfort
Poverty rate	17.4%	13.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1960	1970