With 718 people, Benzonia is a city in Michigan. 86% of homes are owner-occupied. At a median age of 44.4, this is an older place than the country as a whole. 199 more people live here than in 2000. The foreign-born share is 0%. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $209,100.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $61,875, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 44.4
US median: 38.9
Average education
31% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 37%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Benzonia
What changed most since 1990
Median age46.6 → 44.4(−2.2 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
White share93.8% → 86.9%(−6.9 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants90.4% → 86.2%(−4.2 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Benzonia's population equals 3.9% of Benzie County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 0.8% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 7.2% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)17.5%(10)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)8.8%(5)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era36.8%(21)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 57 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Benzonia, decade by decade
Benzonia population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
453
$46,566
$111,843
18.4%
14.8
2000
519
$52,190
$152,108
17.5%
19.0
2010
497
$40,371
$172,341
24.0%
23.8
2020
551
$58,026
$145,323
25.8%
23.0
2024
718
$61,875
$209,100
30.9%
29.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
