Fenton vs Lake Arthur

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

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

Lake Arthur has the higher population (2,599 vs 230 in Fenton). Lake Arthur has the higher median household income ($41,333 vs $24,063 in Fenton). Fenton has the higher median home value ($97,900 vs $77,600 in Lake Arthur).

Population, income & housing

	Fenton	Lake Arthur
Population	230	2,599
Median age	58.7 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$24,063	$41,333
Median home value	$97,900	$77,600
Median gross rent	$569	$653
Housing units	149	1,276
Homeownership rate	72.5%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fenton	Lake Arthur
Population	280 → 230 (-17.9%)	2,746 → 2,599 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$24,375 → $24,063 (-1.3%)	$33,292 → $41,333 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $97,900 (+56.6%)	$72,400 → $77,600 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $569 (+1.6%)	$603 → $653 (+8.3%)

Fenton

Population

280230

Median household income

$24,375$24,063

Median home value

$62,500$97,900

Median gross rent

$560$569

Lake Arthur

Population

2,7462,599

Median household income

$33,292$41,333

Median home value

$72,400$77,600

Median gross rent

$603$653

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fenton	Lake Arthur
Under 5	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	8.3%	18.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	14.0%
25 to 34	6.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	21.3%	10.9%
45 to 54	2.6%	14.2%
55 to 64	36.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	10.3%
75 and over	8.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fenton	Lake Arthur
White (non-Hispanic)	37.0%	91.3%
Black or African American	53.5%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fenton	Lake Arthur
No high school diploma	35.8%	27.4%
High school graduate	35.3%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fenton	Lake Arthur
Drove alone	91.1%	87.1%
Carpooled	8.9%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fenton	Lake Arthur
1-unit, detached	89.3%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Fenton	Lake Arthur
Poverty rate	36.1%	28.2%
Average household size	1.61	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	22	34
Median year structure built	1991	1968