Benton Heights vs Paw Paw Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Benton Heights and Paw Paw Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Benton Heights and Paw Paw Lake are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Paw Paw Lake has the higher population (3,794 vs 3,572 in Benton Heights). Paw Paw Lake has the higher median household income ($65,360 vs $33,871 in Benton Heights). Paw Paw Lake has the higher median home value ($191,100 vs $87,500 in Benton Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Benton Heights	Paw Paw Lake
Population	3,572	3,794
Median age	30.6 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$33,871	$65,360
Median home value	$87,500	$191,100
Median gross rent	$546	$1,151
Housing units	1,628	2,762
Homeownership rate	47.4%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton Heights	Paw Paw Lake
Population	4,121 → 3,572 (-13.3%)	3,520 → 3,794 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$29,907 → $33,871 (+13.3%)	$52,943 → $65,360 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$53,800 → $87,500 (+62.6%)	$126,200 → $191,100 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $546 (-17.1%)	$736 → $1,151 (+56.4%)

Benton Heights

Population

4,1213,572

Median household income

$29,907$33,871

Median home value

$53,800$87,500

Median gross rent

$659$546

Paw Paw Lake

Population

3,5203,794

Median household income

$52,943$65,360

Median home value

$126,200$191,100

Median gross rent

$736$1,151

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton Heights	Paw Paw Lake
Under 5	6.4%	8.4%
5 to 17	28.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	4.3%	10.8%
25 to 34	20.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	8.2%	6.0%
55 to 64	11.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	5.0%	9.0%
75 and over	5.5%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton Heights	Paw Paw Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	18.6%	87.2%
Black or African American	51.3%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	24.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton Heights	Paw Paw Lake
No high school diploma	22.7%	9.1%
High school graduate	36.2%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton Heights	Paw Paw Lake
Drove alone	83.3%	78.7%
Carpooled	10.6%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.6%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	6.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton Heights	Paw Paw Lake
1-unit, detached	62.7%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	23.0%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Benton Heights	Paw Paw Lake
Poverty rate	41.3%	22.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	15	32
Median year structure built	1955	1960