Flushing vs Lake Fenton

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

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

Flushing has the higher population (8,323 vs 6,168 in Lake Fenton). Lake Fenton has the higher median household income ($112,676 vs $77,372 in Flushing). Lake Fenton has the higher median home value ($372,800 vs $189,500 in Flushing).

Population, income & housing

	Flushing	Lake Fenton
Population	8,323	6,168
Median age	39.5 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$77,372	$112,676
Median home value	$189,500	$372,800
Median gross rent	$940	$1,343
Housing units	3,648	2,840
Homeownership rate	72.4%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flushing	Lake Fenton
Population	7,968 → 8,323 (+4.5%)	5,284 → 6,168 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$62,197 → $77,372 (+24.4%)	$81,339 → $112,676 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$120,300 → $189,500 (+57.5%)	$241,700 → $372,800 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $940 (+27.2%)	$1,115 → $1,343 (+20.4%)

Flushing

Population

7,9688,323

Median household income

$62,197$77,372

Median home value

$120,300$189,500

Median gross rent

$739$940

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)

	Flushing	Lake Fenton
Under 5	5.6%	2.3%
5 to 17	18.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	3.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	14.4%	21.3%
75 and over	9.5%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flushing	Lake Fenton
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	97.7%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flushing	Lake Fenton
No high school diploma	4.1%	2.5%
High school graduate	28.2%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flushing	Lake Fenton
Drove alone	78.9%	84.8%
Carpooled	6.6%	3.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	12.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flushing	Lake Fenton
1-unit, detached	73.4%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	8.3%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Flushing	Lake Fenton
Poverty rate	6.9%	5.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1966	1993