Fenton vs Jennings

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

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

Jennings has the higher population (9,679 vs 230 in Fenton). Jennings has the higher median household income ($45,194 vs $24,063 in Fenton). Jennings has the higher median home value ($140,800 vs $97,900 in Fenton).

Population, income & housing

	Fenton	Jennings
Population	230	9,679
Median age	58.7 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$24,063	$45,194
Median home value	$97,900	$140,800
Median gross rent	$569	$861
Housing units	149	4,945
Homeownership rate	72.5%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fenton	Jennings
Population	280 → 230 (-17.9%)	9,980 → 9,679 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$24,375 → $24,063 (-1.3%)	$29,819 → $45,194 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $97,900 (+56.6%)	$113,000 → $140,800 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $569 (+1.6%)	$625 → $861 (+37.8%)

Fenton

Population

280230

Median household income

$24,375$24,063

Median home value

$62,500$97,900

Median gross rent

$560$569

Jennings

Population

9,9809,679

Median household income

$29,819$45,194

Median home value

$113,000$140,800

Median gross rent

$625$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fenton	Jennings
Under 5	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	8.3%	19.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	6.5%	10.7%
35 to 44	21.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	2.6%	10.0%
55 to 64	36.1%	11.6%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.7%
75 and over	8.7%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fenton	Jennings
White (non-Hispanic)	37.0%	65.0%
Black or African American	53.5%	22.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fenton	Jennings
No high school diploma	35.8%	21.6%
High school graduate	35.3%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fenton	Jennings
Drove alone	91.1%	82.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fenton	Jennings
1-unit, detached	89.3%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Fenton	Jennings
Poverty rate	36.1%	20.1%
Average household size	1.61	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	22	34
Median year structure built	1991	1971