Beecher vs Lake Fenton

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

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

Beecher has the higher population (8,507 vs 6,168 in Lake Fenton). Lake Fenton has the higher median household income ($112,676 vs $35,582 in Beecher). Lake Fenton has the higher median home value ($372,800 vs $48,400 in Beecher).

Population, income & housing

	Beecher	Lake Fenton
Population	8,507	6,168
Median age	35.3 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$35,582	$112,676
Median home value	$48,400	$372,800
Median gross rent	$905	$1,343
Housing units	4,521	2,840
Homeownership rate	49.8%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	24.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beecher	Lake Fenton
Population	9,041 → 8,507 (-5.9%)	5,284 → 6,168 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$28,272 → $35,582 (+25.9%)	$81,339 → $112,676 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$29,300 → $48,400 (+65.2%)	$241,700 → $372,800 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $905 (+23.6%)	$1,115 → $1,343 (+20.4%)

Beecher

Population

9,0418,507

Median household income

$28,272$35,582

Median home value

$29,300$48,400

Median gross rent

$732$905

Lake Fenton

Population

5,2846,168

Median household income

$81,339$112,676

Median home value

$241,700$372,800

Median gross rent

$1,115$1,343

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beecher	Lake Fenton
Under 5	8.5%	2.3%
5 to 17	18.6%	13.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	3.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	21.3%
75 and over	5.0%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beecher	Lake Fenton
White (non-Hispanic)	24.0%	97.7%
Black or African American	62.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beecher	Lake Fenton
No high school diploma	15.6%	2.5%
High school graduate	41.5%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beecher	Lake Fenton
Drove alone	68.3%	84.8%
Carpooled	15.3%	3.1%
Public transit	9.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	12.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beecher	Lake Fenton
1-unit, detached	83.0%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Beecher	Lake Fenton
Poverty rate	33.4%	5.8%
Average household size	2.40	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1961	1993