Beecher vs Fenton

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

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

Fenton has the higher population (11,950 vs 8,507 in Beecher). Fenton has the higher median household income ($83,077 vs $35,582 in Beecher). Fenton has the higher median home value ($211,700 vs $48,400 in Beecher).

Population, income & housing

	Beecher	Fenton
Population	8,507	11,950
Median age	35.3 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$35,582	$83,077
Median home value	$48,400	$211,700
Median gross rent	$905	$1,323
Housing units	4,521	5,322
Homeownership rate	49.8%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	24.5%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beecher	Fenton
Population	9,041 → 8,507 (-5.9%)	11,375 → 11,950 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$28,272 → $35,582 (+25.9%)	$63,036 → $83,077 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$29,300 → $48,400 (+65.2%)	$144,600 → $211,700 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $905 (+23.6%)	$1,030 → $1,323 (+28.4%)

Beecher

Population

9,0418,507

Median household income

$28,272$35,582

Median home value

$29,300$48,400

Median gross rent

$732$905

Fenton

Population

11,37511,950

Median household income

$63,036$83,077

Median home value

$144,600$211,700

Median gross rent

$1,030$1,323

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beecher	Fenton
Under 5	8.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.6%	16.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	17.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	10.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	10.5%
75 and over	5.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beecher	Fenton
White (non-Hispanic)	24.0%	88.5%
Black or African American	62.1%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beecher	Fenton
No high school diploma	15.6%	2.8%
High school graduate	41.5%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beecher	Fenton
Drove alone	68.3%	74.4%
Carpooled	15.3%	7.3%
Public transit	9.7%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	17.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beecher	Fenton
1-unit, detached	83.0%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.3%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Beecher	Fenton
Poverty rate	33.4%	6.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1961	1980