Davison vs Lake Fenton

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

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

Lake Fenton has the higher population (6,168 vs 5,082 in Davison). Lake Fenton has the higher median household income ($112,676 vs $50,450 in Davison). Lake Fenton has the higher median home value ($372,800 vs $166,100 in Davison).

Population, income & housing

	Davison	Lake Fenton
Population	5,082	6,168
Median age	43.3 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,450	$112,676
Median home value	$166,100	$372,800
Median gross rent	$858	$1,343
Housing units	2,582	2,840
Homeownership rate	47.9%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Davison	Lake Fenton
Population	4,937 → 5,082 (+2.9%)	5,284 → 6,168 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$48,534 → $50,450 (+3.9%)	$81,339 → $112,676 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$116,600 → $166,100 (+42.5%)	$241,700 → $372,800 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $858 (+16.6%)	$1,115 → $1,343 (+20.4%)

Davison

Population

4,9375,082

Median household income

$48,534$50,450

Median home value

$116,600$166,100

Median gross rent

$736$858

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)

	Davison	Lake Fenton
Under 5	4.5%	2.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	11.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	21.3%
75 and over	8.0%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Davison	Lake Fenton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	97.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Davison	Lake Fenton
No high school diploma	8.6%	2.5%
High school graduate	27.5%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Davison	Lake Fenton
Drove alone	77.7%	84.8%
Carpooled	12.2%	3.1%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	12.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Davison	Lake Fenton
1-unit, detached	51.0%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	5.4%
20 or more units	23.6%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Davison	Lake Fenton
Poverty rate	16.2%	5.8%
Average household size	2.09	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1968	1993