Fenton vs Flushing

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

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

Fenton has the higher population (11,950 vs 8,323 in Flushing). Fenton has the higher median household income ($83,077 vs $77,372 in Flushing). Fenton has the higher median home value ($211,700 vs $189,500 in Flushing).

Population, income & housing

	Fenton	Flushing
Population	11,950	8,323
Median age	38.3 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$83,077	$77,372
Median home value	$211,700	$189,500
Median gross rent	$1,323	$940
Housing units	5,322	3,648
Homeownership rate	65.4%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fenton	Flushing
Population	11,375 → 11,950 (+5.1%)	7,968 → 8,323 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$63,036 → $83,077 (+31.8%)	$62,197 → $77,372 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$144,600 → $211,700 (+46.4%)	$120,300 → $189,500 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,030 → $1,323 (+28.4%)	$739 → $940 (+27.2%)

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

Flushing

Population

7,9688,323

Median household income

$62,197$77,372

Median home value

$120,300$189,500

Median gross rent

$739$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fenton	Flushing
Under 5	5.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	17.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	10.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	14.4%
75 and over	6.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fenton	Flushing
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	86.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	2.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fenton	Flushing
No high school diploma	2.8%	4.1%
High school graduate	24.2%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fenton	Flushing
Drove alone	74.4%	78.9%
Carpooled	7.3%	6.6%
Public transit	0.1%	1.1%
Walked	0.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	11.0%
Other means	0.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fenton	Flushing
1-unit, detached	62.0%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	4.0%
20 or more units	11.8%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Fenton	Flushing
Poverty rate	6.3%	6.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1980	1966