Fenton vs Lake Fenton

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

Fenton and Lake Fenton 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 6,168 in Lake Fenton). Lake Fenton has the higher median household income ($112,676 vs $83,077 in Fenton). Lake Fenton has the higher median home value ($372,800 vs $211,700 in Fenton).

Population, income & housing

	Fenton	Lake Fenton
Population	11,950	6,168
Median age	38.3 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,077	$112,676
Median home value	$211,700	$372,800
Median gross rent	$1,323	$1,343
Housing units	5,322	2,840
Homeownership rate	65.4%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fenton	Lake Fenton
Population	11,375 → 11,950 (+5.1%)	5,284 → 6,168 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$63,036 → $83,077 (+31.8%)	$81,339 → $112,676 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$144,600 → $211,700 (+46.4%)	$241,700 → $372,800 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,030 → $1,323 (+28.4%)	$1,115 → $1,343 (+20.4%)

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

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)

	Fenton	Lake Fenton
Under 5	5.5%	2.3%
5 to 17	16.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	17.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.5%	21.3%
75 and over	6.1%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fenton	Lake Fenton
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	97.7%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fenton	Lake Fenton
No high school diploma	2.8%	2.5%
High school graduate	24.2%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fenton	Lake Fenton
Drove alone	74.4%	84.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	3.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	12.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fenton	Lake Fenton
1-unit, detached	62.0%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	5.4%
20 or more units	11.8%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Fenton	Lake Fenton
Poverty rate	6.3%	5.8%
Average household size	2.30	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1980	1993