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Benton Heights, Michigan.

A community in Berrien County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Berrien County’s.

Living in Benton Heights, Berrien County, Michigan

Benton Heights, in Berrien County, had 3,652 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Berrien County was 4.8% in August 2026, and the county had about as many jobs in 2025 as the year before. The most people in Berrien County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 3,652 in the 2020 census; median age 30.9
Household income Too few homes in Benton Heights for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.8% Berrien County, August 2026; 5.1% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Benton Heights for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,413households
  • 14%of adults have a degree
  • 15 mintypical commute
  • 4%work from home

What people in Berrien County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care24%
  • Manufacturing19%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Professional and business services8%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Berrien County had 60,632 jobs in 2025, about as many as the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 33° and 20°; warmest in July, 83° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 33° 20° F M A M J J 83° 62° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 33° and 20°; warmest in July, 83° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 33° 20° F M A M J J 83° 62° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 33° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 62°. About 78 inches of snow and 38 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Benton Harbor Airport weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Benton Heights

  1. JVIS USA LLC Benton Harbor CrystalMotor vehicle interior systems manufacturing94
  2. Benton Charter TownshipCity and town managers' offices87
  3. RW Patterson Printing CompanyBooks printing and binding without publishing32
  4. Max 3Mfg plastic injection molds28

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 241 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Strong windRelatively moderate
  2. Cold wavesRelatively moderate
  3. Winter weatherRelatively moderate
  4. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Benton Heights’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Berrien County.