Benzie County, Michigan

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Benzie County, Michigan is among the highest in the country for homeownership rate (39th of 3,222 counties).

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Key figures

Statistic	Benzie County, Michigan	Michigan	United States	Rank
Total Population	18,310	10,077,761	334,922,499	1976th of 3,222
Median Household Income	$74,834	$72,875	$80,734	852nd of 3,221
Median Age	50.8	40.2	38.9	181st of 3,222
Bachelor's Degree or Higher	36.9%	32.4%	35.7%	381st of 3,222
Median Home Value	$285,700	$231,600	$332,700	698th of 3,217
Median Gross Rent	$1,026	$1,129	$1,413	913th of 3,215
Poverty Rate	9.7%	13.2%	12.5%	2500th of 3,222
Unemployment Rate	3.1%	5.7%	5.2%	2497th of 3,222
Population per Square Mile	57.3	178.0	n/a	1420th of 3,222
Foreign Born	1.4%	7.2%	14.1%	2404th of 3,222
Life Expectancy	77.6	n/a	n/a	899th of 3,062
Homeownership Rate	87.8%	73.2%	65.2%	39th of 3,222
Average Commute Time	24.6	24.2	26.4	1521st of 3,221
Worked from Home	11.1%	13.5%	15.1%	958th of 3,222
Uninsured	6.7%	n/a	n/a	2596th of 3,134
Married-Couple Households	56.4%	46.1%	46.9%	446th of 3,222
Broadband Access	90.4%	n/a	n/a	333rd of 3,135

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Race and ethnicity in Benzie County, Michigan

Statistic	Benzie County, Michigan	Michigan	United States
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	72.4%	57.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	2.5%	5.9%	19.3%
Black (non-Hispanic)	0.6%	13.1%	11.9%
Asian (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	3.4%	5.9%
Two or More Races (non-Hispanic)	3.2%	4.5%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native (non-Hispanic)	0.9%	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
Some Other Race (non-Hispanic)	0.9%	0.5%	0.6%
Diversity Index	16.3	45.3	61.4

Age in Benzie County, Michigan

Statistic	Benzie County, Michigan	Michigan	United States
Median Age	50.8	40.2	38.9
Under 18 %	16.9%	21.2%	22.0%
Age 18-24 %	6.5%	9.2%	9.1%
Age 25-34 %	9.8%	13.2%	13.7%
Age 35-44 %	10.9%	12.2%	13.2%
Age 45-64 %	27.3%	25.6%	24.8%
Age 65 and Over %	28.7%	18.6%	17.2%

Households and families in Benzie County, Michigan

Statistic	Benzie County, Michigan	Michigan	United States
Households	7,708	4,076,369	129,227,496
Average Household Size	2.3	2.4	2.5
Family Households	67.8%	62.4%	64.2%
Households with Children	22.1%	27.1%	29.5%
Single-Parent Families	11.4%	16.4%	17.3%
People Living Alone	25.8%	30.7%	28.7%
Never Married	23.1%	34.2%	34.4%

Income and poverty in Benzie County, Michigan

Statistic	Benzie County, Michigan	Michigan	United States
Per Capita Income	$42,600	$40,735	$44,673
Households Under $25,000	13.9%	15.8%	14.6%
Households $50,000 to $74,999	19.5%	16.8%	15.5%
Households $100,000 to $149,999	19.4%	17.3%	17.5%
Households $200,000 or More	7.3%	9.5%	13.4%
Poverty Rate	9.7%	13.2%	12.5%
Below 200% of Poverty	23.3%	29.3%	28.2%
SNAP Households	7.8%	13.5%	n/a

Housing in Benzie County, Michigan

Statistic	Benzie County, Michigan	Michigan	United States
Housing Units	12,326	4,622,236	143,775,355
Single-Family Detached Homes	86.3%	72.0%	61.3%
Buildings with 5+ Units	2.6%	13.3%	19.1%
Vacancy Rate	37.5%	11.8%	10.1%
Median Year Structure Built	1,985.0	1,972.0	1,980.0
Renter-Occupied	12.2%	26.8%	34.8%
Rent as % of Household Income	30.4%	30.2%	30.6%
Median Property Tax	$2,262	$2,904	n/a

Education in Benzie County, Michigan

Statistic	Benzie County, Michigan	Michigan	United States
Less than High School	5.9%	7.9%	10.4%
High School Graduate	26.3%	28.0%	26.0%
Some College or Associate Degree	30.9%	31.7%	27.9%
Bachelor's Degree	22.8%	19.7%	21.6%
Graduate or Professional Degree	14.1%	12.7%	14.1%

Work and commuting in Benzie County, Michigan

Statistic	Benzie County, Michigan	Michigan	United States
Labour Force Participation	54.2%	61.3%	63.5%
Drove Alone to Work	76.6%	74.3%	68.8%
Public Transit	0.8%	0.9%	3.2%
Walked to Work	1.2%	2.0%	2.4%
Commutes Under 15 Minutes	26.8%	29.1%	26.0%
Commutes Over an Hour	3.5%	6.0%	8.6%
Households Without a Car	2.5%	7.0%	n/a

Origins and language in Benzie County, Michigan

Statistic	Benzie County, Michigan	Michigan	United States
Born in State of Residence	77.4%	76.0%	57.3%
Naturalised Citizens	0.8%	4.1%	7.4%
Non-Citizens	0.6%	3.1%	6.8%
Speaks Only English at Home	98.0%	89.6%	77.7%
Speaks Spanish at Home	0.9%	3.1%	13.6%
Limited English Proficiency	1.6%	8.5%	16.7%

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