Burton vs Lake Fenton

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

Burton and Lake 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 6,168 in Lake Fenton). Lake Fenton has the higher median household income ($112,676 vs $57,767 in Burton). Lake Fenton has the higher median home value ($372,800 vs $131,200 in Burton).

Population, income & housing

	Burton	Lake Fenton
Population	29,529	6,168
Median age	42.5 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,767	$112,676
Median home value	$131,200	$372,800
Median gross rent	$1,006	$1,343
Housing units	13,325	2,840
Homeownership rate	75.8%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burton	Lake Fenton
Population	28,654 → 29,529 (+3.1%)	5,284 → 6,168 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$48,019 → $57,767 (+20.3%)	$81,339 → $112,676 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $131,200 (+49.8%)	$241,700 → $372,800 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $1,006 (+27.2%)	$1,115 → $1,343 (+20.4%)

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

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)

	Burton	Lake Fenton
Under 5	6.5%	2.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	3.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	21.3%
75 and over	8.7%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burton	Lake Fenton
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	97.7%
Black or African American	9.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burton	Lake Fenton
No high school diploma	10.5%	2.5%
High school graduate	36.2%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burton	Lake Fenton
Drove alone	78.7%	84.8%
Carpooled	12.5%	3.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	12.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burton	Lake Fenton
1-unit, detached	79.3%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	5.4%
20 or more units	3.5%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Burton	Lake Fenton
Poverty rate	17.1%	5.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1963	1993