Elton vs Fenton

A side-by-side comparison of Elton and Fenton: population, income, housing, and more.

Elton and Fenton are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elton has the higher population (1,132 vs 230 in Fenton). Elton has the higher median household income ($36,211 vs $24,063 in Fenton). Fenton has the higher median home value ($97,900 vs $88,000 in Elton).

Population, income & housing

	Elton	Fenton
Population	1,132	230
Median age	56.8 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$36,211	$24,063
Median home value	$88,000	$97,900
Median gross rent	$493	$569
Housing units	685	149
Homeownership rate	74.8%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elton	Fenton
Population	1,309 → 1,132 (-13.5%)	280 → 230 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$38,250 → $36,211 (-5.3%)	$24,375 → $24,063 (-1.3%)
Median home value	$66,900 → $88,000 (+31.5%)	$62,500 → $97,900 (+56.6%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $493 (-9.5%)	$560 → $569 (+1.6%)

Elton

Population

1,3091,132

Median household income

$38,250$36,211

Median home value

$66,900$88,000

Median gross rent

$545$493

Fenton

Population

280230

Median household income

$24,375$24,063

Median home value

$62,500$97,900

Median gross rent

$560$569

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elton	Fenton
Under 5	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	8.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.3%
25 to 34	8.5%	6.5%
35 to 44	5.4%	21.3%
45 to 54	8.0%	2.6%
55 to 64	21.1%	36.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	12.2%
75 and over	16.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elton	Fenton
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	37.0%
Black or African American	52.7%	53.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elton	Fenton
No high school diploma	31.2%	35.8%
High school graduate	29.8%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elton	Fenton
Drove alone	73.9%	91.1%
Carpooled	26.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elton	Fenton
1-unit, detached	73.0%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Elton	Fenton
Poverty rate	16.5%	36.1%
Average household size	2.01	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1979	1991