Benzonia vs Hardwood Acres

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

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

Both have a population of 735. Hardwood Acres has the higher median household income ($107,128 vs $61,161 in Benzonia). Hardwood Acres has the higher median home value ($240,500 vs $195,800 in Benzonia).

Population, income & housing

	Benzonia	Hardwood Acres
Population	735	735
Median age	46.4 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,161	$107,128
Median home value	$195,800	$240,500
Median gross rent	$1,292	—
Housing units	367	218
Homeownership rate	89.5%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benzonia	Hardwood Acres
Population	503 → 735 (+46.1%)	517 → 735 (+42.2%)
Median household income	$38,516 → $61,161 (+58.8%)	$94,022 → $107,128 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$116,100 → $195,800 (+68.6%)	$194,600 → $240,500 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $1,292 (+91.4%)	—

Benzonia

Population

503735

Median household income

$38,516$61,161

Median home value

$116,100$195,800

Median gross rent

$675$1,292

Hardwood Acres

Population

517735

Median household income

$94,022$107,128

Median home value

$194,600$240,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benzonia	Hardwood Acres
Under 5	5.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	9.9%	31.3%
18 to 24	5.4%	10.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	3.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	24.6%
45 to 54	17.6%	17.7%
55 to 64	17.6%	1.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	2.2%
75 and over	8.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benzonia	Hardwood Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benzonia	Hardwood Acres
No high school diploma	3.1%	8.8%
High school graduate	22.9%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benzonia	Hardwood Acres
Drove alone	66.1%	72.2%
Carpooled	11.1%	27.8%
Public transit	5.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benzonia	Hardwood Acres
1-unit, detached	87.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Benzonia	Hardwood Acres
Poverty rate	17.4%	2.7%
Average household size	2.47	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1960	1994