Fenton vs Flint

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

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

Flint has the higher population (80,835 vs 11,950 in Fenton). Fenton has the higher median household income ($83,077 vs $36,194 in Flint). Fenton has the higher median home value ($211,700 vs $47,600 in Flint).

Population, income & housing

	Fenton	Flint
Population	11,950	80,835
Median age	38.3 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,077	$36,194
Median home value	$211,700	$47,600
Median gross rent	$1,323	$859
Housing units	5,322	42,543
Homeownership rate	65.4%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	17.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fenton	Flint
Population	11,375 → 11,950 (+5.1%)	96,559 → 80,835 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$63,036 → $83,077 (+31.8%)	$28,834 → $36,194 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$144,600 → $211,700 (+46.4%)	$29,500 → $47,600 (+61.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,030 → $1,323 (+28.4%)	$716 → $859 (+20.0%)

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

Flint

Population

96,55980,835

Median household income

$28,834$36,194

Median home value

$29,500$47,600

Median gross rent

$716$859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fenton	Flint
Under 5	5.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.1%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	17.4%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.7%
75 and over	6.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fenton	Flint
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	32.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	56.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fenton	Flint
No high school diploma	2.8%	16.7%
High school graduate	24.2%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fenton	Flint
Drove alone	74.4%	71.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	13.1%
Public transit	0.1%	4.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	8.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fenton	Flint
1-unit, detached	62.0%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	4.7%
20 or more units	11.8%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Fenton	Flint
Poverty rate	6.3%	34.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1980	1954