The population of Benzie county is estimated at 17,524. In 2017 there were 156 births and 211 deaths in Benzie county. Benzie county has 4,048 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,175 that are owned free and clear and 1,075 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Benzie County filed 9,170 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Michigan filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Benzie had a combined total federal tax liability of $64,032,000 on earned income of $466,202,000. Other notable statistics from Benzie County were 620 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,316,000 and 1,670 charitable contributions valued at $9,324,000. 1,990 filings from Benzie County paid a combined total of $7,775,000 in property taxes and 1,580 filings paid $10,538,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Benzie county had 30 religious congregations with an estimated 3,423 members.
28.6% of the Benzie population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 7.5% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 58% of Benzie County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 374 votes.
At $54,065 the median income is 98.6% of the Michigan average. An estimated 588 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Benzie, the equivalant of around 6.6% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Benzie County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,068	Accommodation and food services
642	Accommodation
616	Traveler accommodation
535	Retail trade
426	Food services and drinking places
391	Restaurants and other eating places
363	Manufacturing
316	Full-service restaurants
241	Food manufacturing
165	Food and beverage stores
149	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
121	Ambulatory health care services
86	Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
86	Other amusement and recreation industries
86	Other services (except public administration)

In 2018 10.11% of listings in Benzie County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 49617 and 49635) dropped their price.

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