Fenton vs Swartz Creek

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

Fenton and Swartz Creek 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 5,856 in Swartz Creek). Fenton has the higher median household income ($83,077 vs $73,862 in Swartz Creek). Fenton has the higher median home value ($211,700 vs $168,900 in Swartz Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Fenton	Swartz Creek
Population	11,950	5,856
Median age	38.3 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$83,077	$73,862
Median home value	$211,700	$168,900
Median gross rent	$1,323	$995
Housing units	5,322	2,774
Homeownership rate	65.4%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fenton	Swartz Creek
Population	11,375 → 11,950 (+5.1%)	5,535 → 5,856 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$63,036 → $83,077 (+31.8%)	$52,702 → $73,862 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$144,600 → $211,700 (+46.4%)	$118,400 → $168,900 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,030 → $1,323 (+28.4%)	$789 → $995 (+26.1%)

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

Swartz Creek

Population

5,5355,856

Median household income

$52,702$73,862

Median home value

$118,400$168,900

Median gross rent

$789$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fenton	Swartz Creek
Under 5	5.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.1%	12.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	11.1%
25 to 34	17.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	15.1%
55 to 64	10.5%	9.9%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.6%
75 and over	6.1%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fenton	Swartz Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	91.7%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fenton	Swartz Creek
No high school diploma	2.8%	4.0%
High school graduate	24.2%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fenton	Swartz Creek
Drove alone	74.4%	83.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	3.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	12.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fenton	Swartz Creek
1-unit, detached	62.0%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	14.6%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	14.0%
20 or more units	11.8%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Fenton	Swartz Creek
Poverty rate	6.3%	8.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1980	1976