Grand Blanc vs Lake Fenton

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

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

Grand Blanc has the higher population (7,995 vs 6,168 in Lake Fenton). Lake Fenton has the higher median household income ($112,676 vs $67,284 in Grand Blanc). Lake Fenton has the higher median home value ($372,800 vs $228,000 in Grand Blanc).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Blanc	Lake Fenton
Population	7,995	6,168
Median age	36.2 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,284	$112,676
Median home value	$228,000	$372,800
Median gross rent	$854	$1,343
Housing units	3,545	2,840
Homeownership rate	56.5%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.0%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Blanc	Lake Fenton
Population	7,905 → 7,995 (+1.1%)	5,284 → 6,168 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$62,673 → $67,284 (+7.4%)	$81,339 → $112,676 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$171,100 → $228,000 (+33.3%)	$241,700 → $372,800 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $854 (+23.6%)	$1,115 → $1,343 (+20.4%)

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

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)

	Grand Blanc	Lake Fenton
Under 5	5.5%	2.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	13.9%
18 to 24	13.2%	3.9%
25 to 34	12.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	7.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	14.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	21.3%
75 and over	8.0%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Blanc	Lake Fenton
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	97.7%
Black or African American	14.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Blanc	Lake Fenton
No high school diploma	7.6%	2.5%
High school graduate	20.3%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Blanc	Lake Fenton
Drove alone	76.5%	84.8%
Carpooled	4.3%	3.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	12.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Blanc	Lake Fenton
1-unit, detached	53.5%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	18.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Grand Blanc	Lake Fenton
Poverty rate	7.0%	5.8%
Average household size	2.27	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	40	25
Median year structure built	1972	1993