Burton vs Fenton

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

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

Burton has the higher population (29,529 vs 11,950 in Fenton). Fenton has the higher median household income ($83,077 vs $57,767 in Burton). Fenton has the higher median home value ($211,700 vs $131,200 in Burton).

Population, income & housing

	Burton	Fenton
Population	29,529	11,950
Median age	42.5 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,767	$83,077
Median home value	$131,200	$211,700
Median gross rent	$1,006	$1,323
Housing units	13,325	5,322
Homeownership rate	75.8%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burton	Fenton
Population	28,654 → 29,529 (+3.1%)	11,375 → 11,950 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$48,019 → $57,767 (+20.3%)	$63,036 → $83,077 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $131,200 (+49.8%)	$144,600 → $211,700 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $1,006 (+27.2%)	$1,030 → $1,323 (+28.4%)

Burton

Population

28,65429,529

Median household income

$48,019$57,767

Median home value

$87,600$131,200

Median gross rent

$791$1,006

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)

	Burton	Fenton
Under 5	6.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	17.4%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	10.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.5%
75 and over	8.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burton	Fenton
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	88.5%
Black or African American	9.5%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burton	Fenton
No high school diploma	10.5%	2.8%
High school graduate	36.2%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burton	Fenton
Drove alone	78.7%	74.4%
Carpooled	12.5%	7.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	17.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burton	Fenton
1-unit, detached	79.3%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	11.4%
20 or more units	3.5%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Burton	Fenton
Poverty rate	17.1%	6.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1963	1980