Fenton vs Grand Blanc

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

Fenton and Grand Blanc 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 7,995 in Grand Blanc). Fenton has the higher median household income ($83,077 vs $67,284 in Grand Blanc). Grand Blanc has the higher median home value ($228,000 vs $211,700 in Fenton).

Population, income & housing

	Fenton	Grand Blanc
Population	11,950	7,995
Median age	38.3 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,077	$67,284
Median home value	$211,700	$228,000
Median gross rent	$1,323	$854
Housing units	5,322	3,545
Homeownership rate	65.4%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	43.0%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fenton	Grand Blanc
Population	11,375 → 11,950 (+5.1%)	7,905 → 7,995 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$63,036 → $83,077 (+31.8%)	$62,673 → $67,284 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$144,600 → $211,700 (+46.4%)	$171,100 → $228,000 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,030 → $1,323 (+28.4%)	$691 → $854 (+23.6%)

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

Grand Blanc

Population

7,9057,995

Median household income

$62,673$67,284

Median home value

$171,100$228,000

Median gross rent

$691$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fenton	Grand Blanc
Under 5	5.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	13.2%
25 to 34	17.4%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	7.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.9%
55 to 64	10.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.5%
75 and over	6.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fenton	Grand Blanc
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	75.4%
Black or African American	2.2%	14.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fenton	Grand Blanc
No high school diploma	2.8%	7.6%
High school graduate	24.2%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fenton	Grand Blanc
Drove alone	74.4%	76.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	4.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	0.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	16.4%
Other means	0.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fenton	Grand Blanc
1-unit, detached	62.0%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	15.0%
20 or more units	11.8%	18.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fenton	Grand Blanc
Poverty rate	6.3%	7.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	32	40
Median year structure built	1980	1972