Benzonia vs Thompsonville

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

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

Benzonia has the higher population (735 vs 508 in Thompsonville). Thompsonville has the higher median household income ($62,083 vs $61,161 in Benzonia). Benzonia has the higher median home value ($195,800 vs $100,700 in Thompsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Benzonia	Thompsonville
Population	735	508
Median age	46.4 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,161	$62,083
Median home value	$195,800	$100,700
Median gross rent	$1,292	$731
Housing units	367	292
Homeownership rate	89.5%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benzonia	Thompsonville
Population	503 → 735 (+46.1%)	481 → 508 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$38,516 → $61,161 (+58.8%)	$34,375 → $62,083 (+80.6%)
Median home value	$116,100 → $195,800 (+68.6%)	$80,000 → $100,700 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $1,292 (+91.4%)	$433 → $731 (+68.8%)

Benzonia

Population

503735

Median household income

$38,516$61,161

Median home value

$116,100$195,800

Median gross rent

$675$1,292

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)

	Benzonia	Thompsonville
Under 5	5.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	9.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	18.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	17.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	17.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.4%
75 and over	8.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benzonia	Thompsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.4%	5.5%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benzonia	Thompsonville
No high school diploma	3.1%	15.3%
High school graduate	22.9%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benzonia	Thompsonville
Drove alone	66.1%	82.9%
Carpooled	11.1%	13.0%
Public transit	5.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benzonia	Thompsonville
1-unit, detached	87.7%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	13.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Benzonia	Thompsonville
Poverty rate	17.4%	15.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1960	1974